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The President Of The United States Is The Commander In Chief, And The People Who Work With Him At The National Security Council Are His Arm In Working With The Defense Department. And, Quite Frankly, They Have Responsibility For All Of The Government. We Are One Component Of The Government.

We Live In A World Where There Are Dangerous People, There Are Bad People.

I'm The First Secretary Of Defense That's Had To Deal With Sequestration. I've Prepared Two Budgets That Deal With Sequestration. And You Bring The Chiefs Together, The Leadership Of This Enterprise Together, To Work Through, How Do We Then Take These Cuts? Where Do We Apply Those Cuts? Readiness Is The First Thing That Suffers.

We Must Prepare For Everything.

No Border That Touches Israel Is Always Secure.