To maintain discipline in the military, it must have been necessary at that time. For soldiers who risked their lives in circumstances where bullets ….

You bomb ISIL. You're not trying to bomb innocent people. And that requires intelligence and confidence in our military to be able to develop the kin….

America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that allow….

War is a terrible trade. But when the cause is just, the smell of gunpowder is sweet..

We need to unleash the military in unison with our partners in Europe and the Middle East to be effective..

It is my view that there is no sensible military use for nuclear weapons, whether "strategic" weapons, "tactical" weapons, "theatre" weapons, weapons….

I can also tell in whose hands I am. Do these hands tremble? There can be no doubt: these are the hands of a military officer. Is it a firm pulse? I ….

I would say that I have been consistent in my broad view of how American power should be deployed, and the view that we underestimate our power when ….

The Marines fought almost solely on esprit de corps, I was certain. It was inconceivable to most Marines that they should let another Marine down, or….

As far as I'm concerned there shouldn't be a single boot on the ground. There's enough American blood in Iraq that lasts forever..

I agree with Pres. Barack Obama, Iraqis need a political solution. No war in Iraq!.

What is happening in Iraq now is awful, but it is a consequence of our invasion, not our withdrawal..

If you're worried about the deficit, pay attention to the fact that it's almost all attributable to military spending and the totally dysfunctional h….

The more we try to fix the security situation, the more we will drive these people, particularly the Pashtun, into implacable opposition. And whether….

Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not a public chore to be gotten o….

Going out across the desert I remember the feelings that you have, wondering if you're going to make it out alive. Right now I wonder what that was a….

Any outside use of military power would at best furnish a temporary respite from the processes that we see playing out. We know that because we have ….

It matters not what your individual position is on either war we are currently prosecuting - in Iraq or Afghanistan - certainly we can all agree prot….

It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American milita….

Who was it in Afghanistan who screwed up in Tora Bora and let bin Laden escape? It was the Bush Administration. Who leached all the resources, milita….

Speaker John Boehner complained that Barack Obama ordered the U.S. military into combat in Libya without clearly defining the mission to the American….