You Can Have All The Capabilities; If

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.

Institutions Are Imperfect. Governments Surely Are. People Are.

Foreign Policy Is All About A Universe Of Bad Decisions, Imperfect Decisions; Every Situation Is Different. The Dynamics, The Atmospherics, The People, The Pressures, The Geopolitical Realities Shift.

History Has Shown That A Country Most Effectively Speaks With One Voice. When Nationally Elected Officials Work Together, Build Consensus, And Provide Leadership, The American People Will Follow.

You Can Have All The Capabilities; If You Don't Have The Quality People, You Don't Have Much.