Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of time in which these men and women would have learned to read. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
Building a stable, peaceful, and coherent Europe must include Russia. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
What's the third largest nation in the world after China and India? It's the Facebook nation - 430 million people on Facebook. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
As a 4-star admiral, I visited over a hundred U.S. embassies all around the world, and I never failed to see lines of locals… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
I spent much of my life - almost 40 years - as a military officer. My specialty was in the part of the Navy… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
All of my relatives on both sides of my family are from Allentown. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
It's probably worth noting that although I'm ethnically Greek, my grandfather was actually born in Turkey and came through Greece on his way to… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of time in… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
We are excellent at launching Tomahawk missiles; we need to get better at launching ideas. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
The NATO treaty is crystal clear on this one: An attack on one nation shall be regarded as an attack on all of them. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
Internal fights between various agencies, i.e. between the CIA and FBI, are highly counterproductive. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
After 37 years in the Navy, there were no further jobs in uniform, and it was my time to transition. But I wanted to… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
