The most important thing we can do is prosecute the offenders, deal with those that have broken the law and committed this crime. And if we can do that then we can begin to deal with this issue and send a signal this is not a problem that we are going to ignore in the United States military.

The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.

The reality is that the United States military alone cannot be all things to all nations. We will sharpen the application of our resources, better deploy our forces in the world and share our burdens more and more effectively with our partners. And frankly, all our allies need to do the same.

The Taliban is resilient.

My father said I was perfectly suited for Washington because I've always worked around nuts.

I don't usually comment on columnists' ideas of what I'm thinking. That's a dangerous game to get into.

Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.