My strongest objections early on were the interference of the political process into the day-to-day decisions that should have been left to the military.
We all feel very strongly that, as much as possible, our military should represent America, but we also, all of us I thi...
Anything that would diminish that status is something we have to guard against.
We are at our best, we are at our strongest when we draw from all over the country.
We have, on the one hand, I think, become a much more unilateral guarantor among the NATO countries for security issues.
I have some real concerns about what has happened to the NATO Alliance, not with respect to Afghanistan, but I guess the...
I really mean that. You did mention other notable Americans who died of friendly-fire incidents on the battlefield.
But, also a national army is a component of a viable national government.
I regretfully say I think that the Army really failed the Tillman family.
We have a stewardship to those people, that's quite a bit different than the way we address the career force.
They really don't add, quite frankly, to the security of the United States to have them as members of NATO.