The Last Thing I Want To Do

We Either Believe In The Dignity Of The Individual, The Rule Of Law, And The Prohibition Of Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Or We Don't. There Is No Middle Ground.

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.

The Terrorism From 9/11 Has Metastasized. It's Metastasized In Iraq And Syria, In Nigeria, In Somalia, In Yemen And In Other Places In North Africa. We Need A Very Comprehensive Strategy To Deal With That Threat.

Rather Than Undermining The Palestinian Authority, It Is In Israel's Interests To Strengthen It By... Continuing To Transfer Palestinian Tax Revenues And Pursuing Other Avenues Of Cooperation.

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.