"Praise be to the Lord, my rock, who trains my fingers for battle and my hands for war."

"There has been a glaring, unfortunate, display of incompetent strategic leadership within our national leaders. As a …"

"Since 2003, the politics of war have been characterized by partisanship as the Republican and Democratic parties stru…"

"Who will demand accountability for the failure of our national political leadership involved in the management of thi…"

"The death knell of your ethics has been enabled by your parent organizations who have chosen to align themselves with…"

"My assessment is that your profession, to some extent, has strayed from these ethical standards and allowed external …"

"The best we can do with this flawed approach [the Iraq War surge] is to stave off defeat."

"Some of you may not believe, but I am glad to be here. When Sig asked me if I would consider addressing you there was…"

"I have firmly believed since Desert Shield that it is necessary for the strength of our democracy that the military a…"

"[The Abu Ghraib prison scandal is] the key reason, the sole reason, that I was forced to retire. I was essentially no…"