I think anybody in our - in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their responsibility for the safeguarding….

No matter the organization, the goal, or the mission, you've got to do it through people. It's been that way for me since my first command. I work to….

We think we're near energy independence - nothing could be further from the truth. We're in much better shape now, but the price of a barrel of oil i….

I'm blessed to be in a command position in a Navy this good.

Few things are more damaging to our democracy than a military officer who doesn't have the moral courage to stand up for what's right or the moral fi….

It has been a little surprising to me, anyway, is to find out through media that there actually have been several chemical attacks recently. Now, wit….

I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in….

I've said for a long time, clearly the - a, a critical key to success in the region is going to be Pakistan and our relationship with Pakistan, which….

The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in ….

If the untimely battlefield deaths of generations of American heroes have taught us nothing else, it should be this unalterable fact: what you do wit….

We have to stop the killing. We need to let the refugees - we need to let Syrian citizens go home..

In every war at some point in time, you do sit down and negotiate..

To the Cold War veterans here, know that your steadfast efforts preserved a delicate balance, and, because of you, the global war that many feared ne….

We can't kill our way to victory, and no armed force anywhere - no matter how good - can deliver these keys alone. It requires teamwork and cooperati….

Mr. Chairman, speaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing ….

If you listen closely to the voices of our veterans, you understand that yes, they all returned from war changed, but what never changed is this: The….

I worry a little bit about - quote - "regime change." We haven't had a great deal of success with that in years. That's just really difficult..

I am convinced that America's great sea of goodwill can be, in fact, a rising tide, a tide that could lift every veteran and every family of our woun….

Every Sailor has the potential to lead," said Mullen, "I don't care if it's a seaman recruit or someone higher ranking than myself. Where there's a w….

We're at a real time of transition here in terms of future aviation. What's going to be manned? What's going to be unmanned? There are those who see ….

The single biggest existential threat that's out there, I think, is cyber..