The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.

We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.

My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I've ever had

We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view.

I see battlefields that are under 24-hour real or near-real time surveillance of all types. I see battlefields on which we can destroy anything we can locate through instant communications and almost instantaneous application of highly lethal firepower.