Dr. Gates has made it a high priority, we certainly, in the Army, embrace it.
This is a reform budget, reflecting lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, yet also addressing the range of other potential threats around...
We cannot kill or capture our way to victory.
The military is phasing out its controversial stop loss policy. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announcing today the military would use cash ...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates announcing today the military would use cash payments of $500 a month to retain troops.
First, to reaffirm our commitment to take care of the All Volunteer Force, which in my view represents America's greatest strategic asset.
As I told a group of soldiers in Afghanistan, they have done their job; now it is time for us in Washington to do ours.
Congress, you all have made your intentions well-known in that regard.
It is simply not reasonable to expect the defense budget to continue increasing at the same rate it has over the last number of years.
I think that the strategy needs to show some signs that it's working.
the focus of the leadership on what's important. And that priority in my view, when we are at war is taking care of those who are at war.