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For about the last 20, 21 days, the Russians have not made any progress whatsoever in and around Bakhmut. So it’s a slaughter fest for the Russians, they’re getting hammered in the vicinity of Bakhmut and the Ukrainians have fought very, very well.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I expressed my hope that this would expedite political decisions regarding our country’s NATO integration.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Russia continues to pay severely for its war of choice, unlike Ukrainian forces, who are highly motivated to fight for their country, to fight for their freedom, their democracy and their way of life, the Russians lack of leadership, they lack will, the morale is poor, and the discipline is eroding.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Wars are the outcomes of battles and wars are the function of many, many variables, and in this case, you would have to make sure that your tanks are used in combined arms with mechanized infantry, artillery, all of that is synchronized with dismounted forces, etc. So there is no silver bullet in this case, but I do think the M1 tank when it’s delivered and it reaches its operational capability that it will be very effective on the battlefield.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
The United States military has developed multiple options for our national leadership to consider if or when Iran decides to develop a nuclear weapon.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
We are probably not going to be able to do anything to stop, slow down, disrupt, interdict, or destroy the Chinese nuclear development program that they have projected out over the next 10 to 20 years, they’re going to do that in accordance with their own plan. And there’s very little leverage, I think, that we can do externally to prevent that from happening.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I wouldn’t call it a true full alliance in the real meaning of that word, but we are seeing them moving closer together, and that’s troublesome, and then … Iran is the third. So those three countries together are going to be problematic for many years to come I think, especially Russia and China because of their capability.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
If there's a slowdown in the actual tactical fighting, if that happens, then that may become a window possibly, it may not, for a political solution, or at least the beginnings of talks to initiate a political solution.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
President Biden and President Zelenskyy himself has said that at the end of the day it will be a political solution, if there's a slowdown in the actual tactical fighting, if that happens, then that may become a window possibly, it may not, for a political solution, or at least the beginnings of talks to initiate a political solution.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The volume, the number of Chinese intercepts at sea and in the air have increased significantly over five years.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
He grew up in Europe, and he's lived all over the continent, and he's fluent in French, Russian and Italian. He reads Spanish and Portuguese. And he can get by and understand Polish and Ukrainian, which enables him to communicate directly with about half the population of Europe.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He's tough. He's combat seasoned. He's smart and has a deep understanding of Europe and Russia, chris Cavoli is the right officer in the right job at the right time. … We are at that pivotal moment, a transition period in history. And EUCOM makes it matter. You are upholding the rules based international order... You are protecting America's vital interests. And, importantly, you are preventing Great Power war.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The world has come together in support of the defense of Ukraine against a determined invader, the fight in Ukraine is about honoring these veterans of World War II.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Any time a senior leader of a nation-state starts rattling a nuclear saber, then everyone takes it seriously.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
It's not a foregone conclusion, in my professional military estimate, that the Taliban automatically win and Kabul falls, or any of those kind of dire predictions, there's a significant military capability in the Afghan government, and we have to see how this plays out.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Given the type of forces that are arrayed... if that was unleashed on Ukraine, it would be significant, very significant, and it would result in a significant amount of casualties, you can imagine what that might look like in dense urban areas, along roads, and so on and so forth. It would be horrific. It would be terrible.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Given the type of forces that are arrayed... if that was unleashed on Ukraine, it would be significant, very significant, and it would result in a significant amount of casualties, you can imagine what that might look like in dense urban areas, along roads, and so on and so forth. It would be horrific. It would be terrible. And it's not necessary. And we think a diplomatic outcome is the way to go here.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
That's possible, and there's a wide scale of options that are available to Russian leadership, and the best option they should pick, in my view, is a diplomatic solution to resolve whatever differences they have.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Our role is limited and that we help train, advise and assist with tactics, techniques and procedures, we participate in institutional development of the Ukrainian ministry of defense.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
What we saw was a very significant event of a test of a hypersonic weapon system. And it is very concerning, i don't know if it's quite a Sputnik moment, but I think it's very close to that.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The Taliban was and remain a terrorist organization and they still have not broken ties with al Qaeda, i have no illusions who we are dealing with.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
So, I think it would have been difficult under any circumstances, and I think our soldiers performed extraordinarily well actually in 48 hours, getting control of an airfield in another country, eight and a half time zones away.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
And I think, that, in the first two days as we saw, were not only chaotic, but violent and high-risk.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Noncombat operation – that was done under conditions of great volatility, great violence, great threat.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
That’s a different operation, and I think, that, in the first two days as we saw, were not only chaotic, but violent and high-risk.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Noncombatant evacuation operation is different, noncombat operation – that was done under conditions of great volatility, great violence, great threat.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I just want to be clear – we’re talking about two different missions, the retrograde of troops … that is complete by mid-July, and that was done, actually, without any significant incident. And that’s the handover of 11 bases, the bringing out of a lot of equipment … that was done under the command of Gen. Miller.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I think that our credibility with allies and partners around the world, and with adversaries, is being intensely reviewed by them to see which way this is going to go. And I think that' damage' is one word that could be used, yes.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
This country doesn't want generals, figuring out what orders we are going to accept and do or not, that's not our job. The principle of civilian control of the military is absolute, it's critical, to this republic.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
It would be an incredible act of political defiance for a commissioned officer to just resign because my advice is not taken, this country doesn't want generals figuring out what orders we are going to accept and do or not. That's not our job.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Senator, as a senior military officer, resigning is a really serious thing – it's a political act – if I'm resigning in protest, my job is to provide advice – my statutory responsibility is to provide legal advice or best military advice to the president, and that's my legal requirement. That's what the law is.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I'm not going to turn my back – they can't resign, so I'm not going to resign. There's no way.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
If the orders are illegal, we're in a different place, but if the orders are legal from civilian authority, I intend to carry them out.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I personally informed both Secretary of State [ Mike ] Pompeo and White House Chief of Staff [ Mark ] Meadows about the call, among other topics. Soon after that, I attended a meeting with Acting [ Defense ] Secretary [ Chris ] Miller, where I briefed him on the call.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
These are routine calls in order to discuss issues of the day, to reassure both allies and adversaries in this case, in order to ensure strategic stability, i will go into any level of detail Congress wants to go into.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
When military leaders of great powers communicate, the world is a safer place.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
In a dynamic high threat environment, the commanders on the ground had appropriate authority and had reasonable certainty that the target was valid but after deeper post strike analysis our conclusion is that innocent civilians were killed, this is a horrible tragedy of war and it’s heart wrenching and we are committed to being fully transparent about this incident.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
In a dynamic high threat environment, the commanders on the ground had appropriate authority and had reasonable certainty that the target was valid but after deeper post strike analysis our conclusion is that innocent civilians were killed, this is a horrible tragedy of war and it's heart-wrenching and we are committed to being fully transparent about this incident.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I think it's best that I reserve my comments on the record until I do that in front of the lawmakers who have the lawful responsibility to oversee the U.S. military, i'll go into any level of detail Congress wants to go into in a couple of weeks.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
They tried to destroy us. They tried to divide us, and they tried ultimately in vain, to terrify us, but their murderous intent was never realized.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We remember them today for not only who they were, but what they could have become. They were irreplaceable, but we the living, we have a solemn duty to honor their memory, their legacy, to honor and remember them not just today, but every day.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We prevented the United States of America from ever being attacked again. There's a lot of conflicted feelings out there, and I'm included in that. A lot of conflicted feelings with pain and anger, we all have it, every one of us that served there has that, i want everyone out there to know that the pain, the anger, the frustration, the conflicted feelings are real and I know that and I share them. I also want you to know it wasn't in vain, your service mattered and if you wore a uniform your service mattered.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
One of the fundamental issues I think clearly is the corruption in the government…the government itself not havingthelegitimacy in the eyes of the people, you saw what happened at the end. Thesenior government elites, they all just literally bugged out.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There was nothing that I or anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
This is tough stuff, war is hard. It's vicious, it's brutal, it's unforgiving. And yes, we all have pain and anger, and when we see what has unfolded over the last 20 years and over the last 20 days, that creates pain and anger.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
These have been incredibly emotional and trying days and indeed years. We are all conflicted with feelings of pain and anger, sorrow and sadness combined with pride and resilience, there are no words I or the secretary or the president or anyone else will ever do to bring the dead back. But we can always honor them.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Those soldiers, sailors and Marines gave their lives so that others may live free, they literally gave their tomorrows for the tomorrows of people they never knew those 124,000.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The perception in the United States, in Europe and the media sort of thing is a narrative of Taliban momentum, and a narrative of Taliban victory, and we need to collectively demonstrate and try to turn that perception, that narrative, around.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The perception in the United States, in Europe and the media sort of thing is a narrative of Taliban momentum, and a narrative of Taliban victory, and we need to collectively demonstrate and try to turn that perception, that narrative around.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Our task was to protect the embassy, if we were to keep both Bagram and the embassy going, that would be a significant number of military forces. So, we had to collapse one or the other, and a decision was made.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There was nothing that I, or anybody else, saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Right now there are troops at-risk. We are the United States military, and we will successfully evacuate all American citizens who want to get out of Afghanistan, they are our priority #1. In addition, we intend to evacuate those who have been supporting us for years, and we are not going to leave them behind. And we will get as many out as possible.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
On the equipment, we obviously have capabilities, but I'd prefer not to discuss any operations other than what we're doing right now in order to get our evacuation out and get that complete, and then there'll be another time when we can discuss future operations.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It’s important actually for those of us in uniform to be open-minded and be widely read, i want to understand White rage.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
A significant amount of territory has been seized over the course of six, eight, 10 months by the Taliban, so momentum appears to be — strategic momentum appears to be — sort of with the Taliban.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Our major focus going forward is to make sure that violence, terrorism, cannot be exported from Afghanistan to our homeland, and so we’ll maintain the capability to be able to not only observe that but also address that if it does emerge, we expect for them to meet that commitment. If they want legitimacy going forward, I think that’s something they’ll have to consider. That’s one way to earn it, so we’ll see what happens.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I’m not gonna address specifically White rage or Black rage or Asian rage or Irish rage or English rage or German rage or any other rage.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I've read Mao Zedong, I've read Karl Marx, I've read Lenin. That doesn't make me a communist, so what is wrong with understanding, having some situational understanding about the country for which we are here to defend? And I personally find it offensive that we are accusing the United States military, our general officers, our commissioned, non-commissioned officers of being, quote, ‘woke’ or something else, because we're studying some theories that are out there.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We’re gonna stay focused on making sure that we create the right force to defend this country and promote our values. i’m not gonna address specifically White rage or Black rage or Asian rage or Irish rage or English rage or German rage or any other rage.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I want America to know that the United States military is an apolitical institution, it's really important to me that this department remain apolitical.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We're going to put a ring of steel around this city and the Nazis aren't getting in.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
God damn it ! There's a room full of lawyers here. Will someone inform him of my legal responsibilities ?
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I feel very comfortable that security at the Kabul airport will be maintained and the Turks will be a part of that.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I've read Mao Zedong. I've read, I've read Karl Marx. I've read Lenin. That doesn't make me a communist, so what is wrong with understanding, having some situational understanding about the country for which we are here to defend ?
Found on CNN 3 years ago
She represents the strength and service of our military families.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I immediately ran to see if I could help. There were just a few people around him. He was not responsive and couldn't speak, and he had very labored breathing that was not actually moving air into his lungs.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
As senior leaders, everything you do will be closely watched. And I am not immune. As many of you saw, the result of the photograph of me at Lafayette Square last week. That sparked a national debate about the role of the military in civil society, i should not have been there.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
As a commissioned uniformed officer, it was a mistake that I have learned from, and I sincerely hope we all can learn from it.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We never introduced federal troops on the streets of America as a result of the combined efforts of the National Guard and law enforcement at quelling the violence and de-escalating very very tense situations.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We're at war with Covid-19, we're at war with terrorists and we are at war with the drug cartels as well.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
This could change. We'll have to assess it, and we are assessing it frequently.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
What we want to do is make sure that the local communities take care of the coronavirus patient and we can handle the excess capacity that they won't have in terms of trauma ... and other more routine cases.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Typical military planning, I'm going to assume worst case and that there will be some readiness impact to the military in some capacity, i'm just not at a place right now where I can give you an accurate description of what that's going to look like.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If it does apply, you're looking at probably late May, June, something in that range, could be as late as July.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We have pretty good confidence who did this. We were able to capture the truck, it was a modified truck with tubes, rocket tubes on the back, Iraqi Security Forces did a good job in helping secure that truck. We have good indications based on forensics where it was fired from, who did the firing and so on and so forth.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The groups responsible will be held accountable appropriately.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We have pretty good confidence who did this. We were able to capture the truck, it was a modified truck with tubes, rocket tubes on the back, the Iraqi security forces did a good job in helping secure that truck. We have good indications based on forensics where it was fired from, who did the firing and so on and so forth.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We would have been culpably negligent to the American people had we not made the decision we made.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
That letter is a draft. It was a mistake, it was unsigned, it should not have been released...( it was) poorly worded, implies withdrawal, that is not what's happening, it's an honest mistake... it should not have been sent.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The guys who were doing it were Khatib Hizbollah, half of those guys were in uniform, they had a command post set up and all that and they were throwing Molotov cocktails, making flames, doing smoke all that kind of business in order to get lots of attention which they did.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
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