One thing appears reasonably certain, and that's that those who make allegations of a culture of deception, of intimidation or cover-up need to be extremely careful about such accusations.

Don't 'over-control' like a novice pilot. Stay loose enough from the flow that you can observe it, modify, and improve it.

There are a lot of things that are said by people in the military, or civilian life, or in the Congress, or in the Executive Branch, that are their views. And that's the way we live. We're a free people. And that's the wonderful thing about our country.

There is no question but that when one is engaged militarily that there are going to be unintended loss of life.

I would not say that the future is necessarily less predictable than the past. I think the past was not predictable when it started.

I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.

Is it likely that an aircraft carrier or a cruise missile is going to find a person?