I'm Going To Give People The Benefit

Well Look, Cia Is An Agency That Has To Collect Intelligence, Do Operations. We Have To Take Risks And It's Important That We Take Risks And That We Know That We Have The Support Of The Government And We Have The Support Of The American People In What We're Doing.

Throughout The 40 Years I've Been In Washington, I've Always Worked Hard, Particularly With Regards To The Budget Issues.

The Reason We've Always Had A Civilian In That Job [secretary Of Defence] Is Because We Really Believe That It Is Policymakers Who Ought To Control The Military And Not Have The Military Control The Military.

Today, I Think The Attitude Is That Governing Is Not Necessarily Good Politics, And The Result Is That It's Much More Partisan And Much More Divided.

After Every Major Conflict - World War I, World War Ii, Korea, Vietnam, The Fall Of The Soviet Union - What Happened Was That We Ultimately Hollowed Out The Force, Largely By Doing Deep Across-the-board Cuts.