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On one hand, I think it’s very important to drive a sense of urgency. I applaud him for that. He’s an aggressive commander, on the other hand, I would not paint it as inevitable that we will be in war, and I hope we will do everything we can to deter a conflict.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
My view is that the American people deserve a full and unvarnished history of the last presidency, the Trump administration.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
His calls with the Chinese and others in October and January were in keeping with these duties and responsibilities conveying reassurance in order to maintain strategic stability.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The flags we fly must accord with the military imperatives of good order and discipline, treating all our people with dignity and respect, and rejecting divisive symbols.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
This is not how citizens of the worlds greatest and oldest democracy behave. The perpetrators who committed this illegal act were inspired by partisan misinformation and patently false claims about the election.This must end now for the good of the republic.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
This afternoons assault on the US Capitol was appalling and un-American, this is not how citizens of the worlds greatest and oldest democracy behave. The perpetrators who committed this illegal act were inspired by partisan misinformation and patently false claims about the election.This must end now for the good of the republic.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire situations, we are not in one of those situations now.I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
There are or may be other opportunities as well to move additional forces into Poland and the Baltics.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We have led on these issues throughout our history but know that we as a military are also susceptible to the forces of bias and prejudice, whether seen or unseen, deliberate or unintentional.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I think when you're landing that low in the city, it looks unsafe to me, right ? But I need to find out, I need to learn more about what's going on.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Since joining the Department of Defense Elaine has worked tirelessly to ensure that our budgeting and audit processes give full value to the taxpayer while meeting the enormous security needs of our nation as well as the men and women who serve it, i am grateful for her dedication to public service and the contributions that she has made to Defense Department and wish her the very best in her future endeavors.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
In recent weeks, National Guard has performed professionally and capably in support of law enforcement in cities across the United States, i have the greatest respect for, and am deeply proud of our Soldiers and Airmen who served during this period to ensure that peaceful protestors could execute their First Amendment rights, and that they and others would not suffer from violence against themselves and their property.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire situations, we are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It has revealed a new dynamic of this virus: that it can be carried by normal, healthy people who have no idea whatsoever that they are carrying it.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
They have the bed capacity but what obviously has become strained, stressed, are these hardworking nurses and doctors and respiratory therapist, that's where we've now pivoted in the last week or so to move our doctors.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This morning I accepted Secretary Modly's resignation. He resigned on his own accord, putting the Navy and the Sailors above self so that the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, and the Navy, as an institution, can move forward.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Secretary Modly made a tough decision, a tough call. I have full faith and confidence in him and the Navy leadership, and I support their decision.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We will take any action necessary to protect our forces in Iraq and the region.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It is essential that we as an international community wake up to the challenges presented by Chinese manipulation of the long-standing international rules-based order.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
What the president said was that there probably could be additional attacks against embassies. I shared that view, the president didn't cite a specific piece of evidence.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I didn't see one with regard to four embassies, what I'm saying is, I share the President's view that probably -- my expectation was they were going to go after our embassies.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We discussed with him other options that are available, and I would note also that we will take additional actions as necessary to ensure that we act in our own self-defense and we deter further bad behavior from militia groups or from Iran.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I don't believe it's an issue in the military. There is no room whatsoever for anybody to have -- to be a white nationalist or to be a member of any hate group whatsoever or harbor anything like that, that said, I understand some claims were made. I also understand that both academies are investigating these and we'll see what comes out.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We need their help in terms of getting the security situation under control and stabilized, but we also still retain our right of self-defense and we will exercise it.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
You know, today, people pull out their phones and film everything and anything that happens.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Fox News Sunday, you know, today, people pull out their phones and film everything and anything that happens.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The Department of Defense continues to monitor the situation in Naval Air Station Pensacola and gather all the facts of each attack. Ive spoken with Governor Ron DeSantis, the Secretary of the Navy Boulevard, and Deputy Secretary Norquist and am considering several steps to ensure the security of our military installations and the safety of our service members and their families, im grateful for the heroism of the first responders and law enforcement who helped confront both situations and kept further loss of life from occurring. To all our sailors, soldiers, airmen, and marines, and civilian personnel, we stand ready to assist and make resources available to deal with the grief in the aftermath of these tragedies as well as lifes challenges in general.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Is it sufficient [et cetera, et cetera]and it may not be -- it may be the vetting -- are we also screening persons coming to make sure that they have, you know, their life in order, you know, their mental health is adequate, so we need to look at all that.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We learned that several days prior, Secretary Spencer had proposed a deal whereby if the President allowed the Navy to handle the case, he would guarantee that Eddie Gallagher would be restored to rank, allowed to retain his Trident and permitted to retire.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We have to have good order and discipline. It's the backbone of what we do.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I spoke with the President on Sunday. He gave me the order that Eddie Gallagher will retain his Trident pin.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I spoke to the President on Sunday. He gave me the order that Eddie Gallagher will retain Eddie Gallagher Trident.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I am deeply troubled by this conduct shown by a senior DOD official, unfortunately, as a result I have determined that Secretary Spencer no longer has my confidence to continue in Secretary Spencer position. I wish Navy Secretary Richard Spencer well.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I am deeply troubled by this conduct shown by a senior DOD official, unfortunately, as a result I have determined that Secretary Spencer no longer has my confidence to continue in Secretary Spencer position. I wish Secretary Spencer well.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
South Korea is a wealthy country. They can and should contribute more.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If they don't, then the United States military will take action in accordance (with the Uniform Code of Military Justice) to make sure that they are held accountable.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The more dependent a country becomes on Chinese investment and trade, the more susceptible they are to coercion and retribution when they act outside of Beijings wishes.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I hope he does. I think the National Security Council staff needs to shrink and focus on coordinating between the departments.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
He's trying to shrink the National Security Council back down to the size of what it was many, many years ago, i hope he does. I think the National Security Council staff needs to shrink and focus on coordinating between the departments.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
This is not just their leader, it's their founder. He was an inspirational leader in many ways.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The raid was successful. We pulled our troops out. We had two minor casualties, two minor injuries, to our soldiers but a very successful, flawless raid.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
This is a devastating blow. This is not just their leader, it's their founder. He was an inspirational leader in many ways. He formed ISIS in 2014, he led to establishing the physical caliphate throughout the region, so this is a major blow to them.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We are reinforcing that position, it will include some mechanized forces... the mission in Syria remains what the mission in Syria began with, it's always been about defeating the ISIS coalition, that is the core mission.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We see them spinning closer to Russia's orbit than in the Western orbit and I think that is unfortunate.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The purpose is to deny access, specifically revenue to ISIS (Islamic State) and any other groups that may want to seek that revenue to enable their own malign activities.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We have troops in towns in northeast Syria that are located next to the oil fields, the troops in those towns are not in the present phase of withdrawal, the purpose is to deny access, specifically revenue to ISIS (Islamic State) and any other groups that may want to seek that revenue to enable their own malign activities.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We presently have troops in a couple of cities that (are)located right near that area, the purpose is to deny access, specifically revenue to ISIS (Islamic State) and any other groups that may want to seek that revenue to enable their own malign activities.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I hope we can move forward and come up with a political agreement that meets our ends and meets the goals we want to achieve.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The aim is to still get a peace agreement at some point, a political agreement. That is the best way forward.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We have American forces likely caught between two opposing, advancing armies and it's a very untenable situation. I spoke with the President last night, after discussions with the rest of the national security team, and he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of forces from Northern Syria.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We remain in close coordination with Syrian Democratic Forces who helped us destroy the physical caliphate of ISIS, but I will not place American service members in the middle of a longstanding conflict between the Turks and the Kurds, this is not why we are in Syria.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We are not abandoning our Kurdish partner forces and Defense Secretary Mark Esper troops remain with them in other parts of Syria, we remain in close coordination with Syrian Democratic Forces who helped us destroy the physical caliphate of ISIS, but I will not place American service members in the middle of a longstanding conflict between the Turks and the Kurds, this is not why we are in Syria.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We have American forces likely caught between two opposing, advancing armies and it's a very untenable situation. I spoke with the President last night, after discussions with the rest of the national security team, and he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of forces from northern Syria.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We have American forces likely caught between two opposing advancing armies, and its a very untenable situation.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We remain in close coordination with the Syrian Democratic Forces who helped us destroy the physical caliphate of ISIS, but I will not place American service members in the middle of a longstanding conflict between the Turks and the Syrian Kurds, this is not why we are in Syria.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We are not abandoning our Kurdish partner forces and Defense Mark Esper troops remain with them in other parts of Syria, we remain in close coordination with the Syrian Democratic Forces who helped us destroy the physical caliphate of ISIS, but I will not place American service members in the middle of a longstanding conflict between the Turks and the Syrian Kurds, this is not why we are in Syria.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
At this point most of the money is out the door. And at no time or at any time has any delay in this money, this funding, affected U.S. national security.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I raised that very point, that they have to deal with corruption because we have to be good stewards of the taxpayers' dollar.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
As the President has made clear, United States does not seek conflict with Iran.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Right now we're focused on helping Saudi Arabia improve their defense infrastructure.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The United States military, with our interagency team, is working with our partners to address this unprecedented attack and defend the international rules-based order that is being undermined by Iran.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It seems in some ways that Iran is inching toward that place where we could have talks and hopefully it'll play out that way.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The message that I've been carrying, since when I was acting secretary to today, has been about the increase in burden sharing, so part of the message will be 'Look, if you're really concerned then maybe you should look to cover those projects for us' because that's going to build infrastructure in many cases in their countries.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
To put it simply, Russia's foreign policy continues to disregard international norms.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The United States is facing this challenge head-on, but if we are to preserve the world all of us have created together through decades of shared sacrifice, we must all rise to the occasion.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We all see what's happening to those who continue to speak out against the (Chinese Communist Party's) influence in Hong Kong, i was there for the handover in 1997 when the.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It is increasingly clear that Russia and China want to disrupt the international order by gaining a veto over other nations' economic, diplomatic, and security decisions, the United States is facing this challenge head-on, but if we are to preserve the world all of us have created together through decades of shared sacrifice, we must all rise to the occasion.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The best way forward is through a political agreement through all sides and to get on that type of trajectory, because right now we've been in 18 years of conflict and if we stay on this continued path it doesn't look like it's ending anytime soon.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Ambassador Khalilzad is still obviously making his way around the region, talking to folks, and I haven't gotten the latest update from him, but negotiations in some ways are still ongoing, so I don't want to say anything that gets in front of that or upsets that process.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Were beginning to get on the ground, get our people in the right places. We have a lot of work in the days and weeks and months ahead.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday Defense Secretary Mark Esper has given approval for the military to airlift USAID personnel and supplies to the Bahamas, in addition to assessment teams. I have approved DoD support to NORTHCOM to airlift USAID personnel and supplies and we also will be sending along with that aircraft a DoD airfield assessment team, an airfield clearing team and an air traffic control team to open the Bahamas up as soon as possible for relief flights, aid flights, so again thats all in addition to what were prepared to provide for the people of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and others.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I don't agree that ISIS is in a resurgent state in Syria, but that doesn't mean we haven't seen them spring up in places like Afghanistan.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
It is my deep privilege to be here, to be with you and to have the opportunity to look at different ways we can further strengthen the ties between our two countries.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
What we're going to do is prevent unilateral incursions that would upset, again, these mutual interests... the United States, Turkey and the SDF share with regard to northern Syria.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Clearly we believe any unilateral action by them (Turkey) would be unacceptable, what we're going to do is prevent unilateral incursions that would upset, again, these mutual interests... the United States, Turkey and the SDF share with regard to northern Syria.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The key is to keep the door open for diplomacy... we're not going to over react to these, but we monitor them, we watch them closely and we're cognizant of what's happening.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I would obviously encourage that type of intel sharing to continue, it's key to us, i would ask them to both resolve this issue quickly and let's really focus on North Korea and China.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I think we'll have some announcements coming out soon in the coming days, where you'll see countries begin to sign up.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I don't see an arms race happening, I do see us taking proactive measures to develop a capability that we need for both the European theater and certainly this theater.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I would prefer months ... but these things tend to take longer than you expect.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Yeah, I would like to, i would prefer months ... but these things tend to take longer than you expect.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
China has a very, very capable and robust INF Treaty-range missile inventory, if you will. So you can see, it frees us up to do other things.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I've heard from everybody about JEDI Cloud, that's one of the things I'm going to take a hard look at, president Donald Trump has inserted President Donald Trump in other deals as well but this particular deal especially with Amazon and Bezos and the Washington Post... could land at the desk of Mark Esper.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I went to war for this country, I served overseas for this country, I have stepped down from jobs that paid me well more ... and each time it was to serve the public good, so no, I disagree with you.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We are aware of Turkey taking delivery of the S-400, our position regarding the F-35 has not changed and I will speak with my Turkish counterpart Minister Akar this afternoon, there will be more to follow after that conversation.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Express with us the concern, outrage ... with regard to Iran's activities in the region. That would be a good first step, and then secondly, to support any range of activities we may think merit participation to help, again, deter conflict and show that we're resolute. What we're trying to do, what we want to do, to close the door to conflict and open the door to diplomacy.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
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