US forces have been increased [in Afghanistan ] from some 21,000 to about 31,000 over the past two years and a number of coalition countries have als….

Political progress will only take place if sufficient security exists..

Even the Interior Ministry in Riyadh was hit. Since then, the Saudis have employed a very intelligent and comprehensive approach to counter al-Qaida,….

If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become ….

Items of interest will be located, identified, monitored, and remotely controlled through technologies such as radio-frequency identification, sensor….

Progress in Iraq has always been about teams of people and teams of teams - and ultimately about young men and women, Iraqi as well as people from th….

President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plung….

I think Putin wants to recreate as much of the Soviet Union as he can through a variety of different means. He's invaded parts of Georgia, took Crime….

Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively..

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens..

I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago - I mean, there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago - whether they were….

I am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction..

We obviously don't want to cause problems for the Afghan government, President Hamid Karzai and the Afghan people. In fact, we want them to support o….

The Islamic State fighters in Mosul are dead men walking and I think they increasingly know it..

After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair..

Afghanistan has other enormous challenges as well, including a political system that is still very much developing, although there has been some prog….

Money can be a very important form of "ammunition," although we should never forget that when you're being shot at the most important ammunition is r….

The Sunni Arabs began to realize that they had made a huge mistake by not voting in the election of 2005 and by not being part of the new Iraq. They ….

The job of the leader is to get the big ideas right..

I think no commander ever is going to come out and say, 'I'm confident that we can do this..

When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully apply to you. You chose to endure the s….