What we need to do is ensure that we don't create an environment that puts us on a track conceivably where the United States military finds itself in a civil military crisis with a commander in chief who would have us do illegal things.

I seek as much as I can to mitigate risk.

One would think that if you're anonymous, you'd do anything you want, but groups have their own sense of community and what we can do.

You know, great powers don't get angry, great powers don't make decisions hastily in a crisis.

I can't spend a lot of time worrying about the numbers at home. I've got to focus on the mission.

Donald Trump has no credibility to criticize me or my record or anything that I have done. If he had spent a minute in the deserts of Afghanistan or in the deserts of Iraq, I might listen to what he has to say.

None of us wants any more war.