Military & Armed Forces
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- The truth [is] that our nation endures because it has always been home to men and women who are willing to give their all, and lay down their very lives, to preserve and protect this land that we love.
- Abroad, the balance of power is shifting. There are new and more terrible weapons--new and uncertain nations--new pressures of population and deprivation.
- We ask our men and women in uniform to leave their families, our guardsmen and reservists to leave their jobs. We ask you to fight, to sacrifice, to risk your lives for your country. The last thing you should have to do is fight for a job when you come home.
- By continuing to outsource high-risk jobs that were previously performed by soldiers, the military, in effect, is privatizing the ultimate sacrifice.
- Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year.
- We send these young people into combat. We think they're mature enough to fight and die. I think they're mature enough to make a judgment on who they want to serve with and the impact on their battle effectiveness.
- Iraq may still have a decent outcome...but even if it becomes Switzerland, we overpaid for it.
- Because the end of a war is traditionally thought to be the moment when a president’s war powers begin to ebb, bringing combat to a close in Afghanistan and Iraq should lead to a reduction in executive power — including the legitimate basis for detaining the enemy.
- I don’t care who you love. If you love this country enough to risk your life for it, you shouldn’t have to hide who you are.
- Straight men and women in our armed forces, this argument asserts, aren’t professional enough to serve with gay troops while doing their jobs. As a former Army officer, that is an insult to me and, more important, to my fellow soldiers still serving — gay and straight alike.
- It’s not the spear, but who holds the spear that matters.
- We don’t accept tyranny in the name of religion any more than we accept tyranny in the name of the military.