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You've been told that you're broken. That you're damaged goods ... there is also Post-Traumatic Growth. You come back from war stronger and more sure of who you are.

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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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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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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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Our strategy right now is to accelerate the campaign against ISIS. It is a threat to all civilized nations.
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Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot.
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Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust.
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2017 is going to be another tough year for the valiant Afghan Security Forces and the international troops who have stood and will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with Afghanistan against terrorism.
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I think, broadly speaking, the US military's role - US military activism in various parts of the Islamic world over the past several decades has been counterproductive.
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Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.
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In a country with millions of people & cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in a while.
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Nothing keeps me awake at night. I keep other people awake at night.
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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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You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.
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Be the hunter, not the hunted: Never allow your unit to be caught with its guard down.
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PowerPoint makes us stupid.
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ISIS is a threat to all civilized nations. America's intention is that the foreign fighters do not survive the fight to return home to North Africa, to Europe, to America, to Asia, to Africa. We're not going to allow them to do so. We're going to stop them there and take apart the caliphate.
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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 don't see lethality as the problem. I mean, the lethality of US forces is quite remarkable.
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An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.
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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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