Iraq Was A War Of Choice, Like

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

Closing Guantanamo Bay Is Not A Military Solution. The Closing Of That Prison, Which I Support, I Supported It When I Was In The Senate, Requires More Than Just A Military Dimension.

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.

This Is A Complicated Time To Govern In The World Today Because Of So Much Going On And It's Coming At Us At Such An Unprecedented Rate.

Engagement Is Not Appeasement. Engagement Is Not Surrender.