Imposing Democracy Through Force Is A Roll

I'm The First Secretary Of Defense That's Had To Deal With Sequestration. I've Prepared Two Budgets That Deal With Sequestration. And You Bring The Chiefs Together, The Leadership Of This Enterprise Together, To Work Through, How Do We Then Take These Cuts? Where Do We Apply Those Cuts? Readiness Is The First Thing That Suffers.

Iraq Was A War Of Choice, Like Vietnam.

Politics Or Ideology Must Not Get In The Way Of Sound Planning.

The United States Can't Impose Democracies. We Can't Impose Our Will. The Russians Found That Out In Afghanistan.

I Don't Get Into The Book-telling Business Of Conversations I Have With The President. That's Not My Style, And I Don't Think That's A Responsible Thing To Do.