I think all of us have a sense if we imagine the kind of world we would face if the people who bombed the mess hall in Mosul, or the people who did the bombing in Spain, or the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon, the people who cut off peoples' heads on television to intimidate, to frighten indeed the word 'terrorized' is just that. Its purpose is to terrorize, to alter behavior, to make people be something other than that which they want to be.

If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.

When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.

If you develop rules, never have more than ten.

Sausage making and policy-making shouldn't be seen close-up.

They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.

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.