I would happily storm hell in the company of these troops ... how strongly they have demonstrated to the world that free men and women can fight like the dickens.

Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust.

Congressman [Mike] Pompeo said he believes the intelligence agencies' claims that Russia hacked the US election.

Nothing keeps me awake at night. I keep other people awake at night.

I was struck by the fact that none of the senators, basically, asked General [James] Mattis, "Well, General, how is it that we haven't won?" We haven't won anywhere, 'winning' in the sense of conclusively achieving our political objectives, however you might want to define those objectives.

A country that armed Stalin to defeat Hitler can certainly work alongside enemies of al-Qaida to defeat al-Qaida.

There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don't think you do. It's just business.