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The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some *******s in the world that just need to be shot. There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.
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I would consider the principal threats to start with Russia, and it would certainly include any nations that are looking to intimidate nations around their periphery, regional nations nearby them, whether it be with weapons of mass destruction or, I would call it, unusual, unorthodox means of intimidating them, that sort of thing.
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I just hope we can find our way back to engaging with one another, arguing strongly with one another, and then going down and having a root beer together or something and - and having a good laugh about it as we work together for the best interests of the next generation of Americans who are going to inherit this country.
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There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don't think you do. It's just business.
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We do everything humanly possible, consistent with military necessity, taking many chances to avoid civilian casualties, at all costs.
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PowerPoint makes us stupid.
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The United States has been essentially engaged in an ongoing war that most people date from 2001. That war has taken us to Afghanistan, to Iraq, in a lesser way to other countries - Libya, Somalia, Yemen.
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We do not draw red lines unless we intend to carry them out. We have made very clear that we are willing to work with China, and we believe China has tried to be helpful.
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Our strategy right now is to accelerate the campaign against ISIS. It is a threat to all civilized nations.
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Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick of the killing that they leave us and our freedoms intact.
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What would you do differently as defense secretary to compensate for this record in which the greatest military in the world, as we are constantly told, doesn't get the job done?
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I think the core problem is much closer to recognizing where force is of value, where it is useful, and to distinguish that from situations in which war is not useful or is indeed counterproductive.
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We can kill lots of people. We do kill lots of people. We can destroy virtually anything we choose to destroy.
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Nothing keeps me awake at night. I keep other people awake at night.
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A country that armed Stalin to defeat Hitler can certainly work alongside enemies of al-Qaida to defeat al-Qaida.
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It is mostly a matter of wills. Whose will is going to break first? Ours or the enemy's?
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We are going to have to continue to keep the pressure on the enemy. There is no room for complacency on this.
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