(the) Chain Of Command Has Failed Over

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.

We Live In A World Of Absolute Immediacy. It Is An Interconnected, Combustible World, Where Technology And Many Other Actions Have Given Nonstate Actors A Reach, Into Countries And Societies, For Both Good And Evil, That We Have Never Seen Before. So It Isn't A Matter Of Just State Versus State Challenges Or Conflict. The Bigger Problem Is Nonstate Actors.

This Is Eventually How Syria Will Be Resolved - Through A Political Settlement.

Bogging Down Large Armies In Historically Complex, Dangerous Areas Ends In Disaster.

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.