American - Soldier | August 14, 1954 -
We are alarmed that a known or suspected terrorist can go to a federally licensed firearms dealer where background checks are conducted, pass that background check, legally purchase a firearm, and walk out the door.
Stanley A. McChrystal
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As our leaders in Washington confront tough decisions about our budget priorities, I urge them to continue federal funding for public broadcasting.
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Throughout history, the organizational evolution of the military has been inextricably linked with that of the business world.
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Over my career, I'd watched senior leader visits have unintended negative consequences. Typically, schedules were unrealistically overloaded and were modified during the visit to cancel parts of the plan.
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When I was a lieutenant in Special Forces many many years ago, I thought I was getting fat. And I started running, and I started running distance, which I enjoyed.
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If you talk to a British officer or NCO about the strategic objectives of the end state, you'll often get a spirited discussion that's very well informed.
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Like leaders in many walks of life, my business has been to serve with, and for, others.
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I want the American people to understand, we have a clear and focused goal: to disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Strength is leading when you just don't want to lead.
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In June 2010, after more than 38 years in uniform, in the midst of commanding a 46-nation coalition in a complex war in Afghanistan, my world changed suddenly - and profoundly. An article in 'Rolling Stone' magazine depicting me, and people I admired, in a manner that felt as unfamiliar as it was unfair, ignited a firestorm.
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There is only one Army in which you serve. When that identity is gone, it is gone forever.
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One of the great things about America is we should not judge until we know the facts.
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