(the) Chain Of Command Has Failed Over

I'm Not Sure Leaders Listen Enough, Especially To Their People. And I've Always Thought In Everything I've Tried To Do In My Life, In The Jobs I've Had, Is That If We Can Turn Our Transmitters Off And Our Receivers On More Often, We're Better Leaders And We Know More Of What Is Going On And Therefore We Can Lead More Effectively.

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.

We Must Prepare For Everything.

No One Individual Vote, No One Individual Quote Or No One Individual Statement Defines Me, My Beliefs, Or My Record.

History Has Shown That A Country Most Effectively Speaks With One Voice. When Nationally Elected Officials Work Together, Build Consensus, And Provide Leadership, The American People Will Follow.