I think there are few people in this country who have developed the expertise that he did early on in his career with respect to Russia.

When we look at this violence that is going on principally along the border--it's not simply along the border and it's not totally because of what the Mexicans are doing, although I certainly would express my appreciation for their taking…

I've had a long concern about the incrementalism with respect to China.

There is an inherent danger when you centralize intelligence, and we saw that with respect to the lack of divergence of opinions in terms of the run-up to Iraq.

I appreciate that the idea of having informed divergent views is very vital to how our decision processes work.

We're burning up a lot of money, and we're not getting a lot of product right now.

Do any of you see this as leadership failures in the Navy?

A lot has been said today about unity of command and I want to just drill down if I could.

We need to see more discipline and more leadership and a clearer articulation of the priorities of where this money is going and why.

I think your sensible and informed views have really helped calm down a lot of the debate here in this country.

I would just like to reiterate a few points that I made on this before, that it is properly before the OSD...

I regretfully say I think that the Army really failed the Tillman family.