Michael Mullen

The single biggest existential threat that's out there, I think, is cyber.

— Michael Mullen

We're at a real time of transition here in terms of future aviation. What's going to be manned? What's going to be…

— Michael Mullen

I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody,…

— Michael Mullen

From a very strategic level, I believe the military is part of the solution to better outcomes around the world, but at…

— Michael Mullen

I have met parents all over the world, and they all just want to raise their kids to a higher standard than…

— Michael Mullen

Let us all be men and women in full. Let us expect from ourselves more than we think we can give, more…

— Michael Mullen

We are vulnerable in the military and in our governments, but I think we're most vulnerable to cyber attacks commercially. This challenge…

— Michael Mullen

To the Cold War veterans here, know that your steadfast efforts preserved a delicate balance, and, because of you, the global war…

— Michael Mullen

Our training is world-class across all the services. We spend an awful lot on every soldier, sailor, airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman that…

— Michael Mullen

I've said for a long time, clearly the - a, a critical key to success in the region is going to be…

— Michael Mullen

Our people sacrifice a lot for their country, including their lives. None of them should have to sacrifice their integrity as well.

— Michael Mullen

We can't kill our way to victory, and no armed force anywhere - no matter how good - can deliver these keys…

— Michael Mullen

If you listen closely to the voices of our veterans, you understand that yes, they all returned from war changed, but what…

— Michael Mullen

Don't try to run your life through a single straw. Someone, some event, will cut it off.

— Michael Mullen

Right now we're on the President Obama plan, and we'll stay with that. And from my perspective, the reason we're there is…

— Michael Mullen

My job is simply to give advice, to be a counselor to our nation's leaders.

— Michael Mullen

Basically, we've grown up very focused on the institution. The institution tells me what to do. It tells me where to go.…

— Michael Mullen

I think that is a noble goal that all of us should seek, to end wars and prevent wars as much as…

— Michael Mullen

In every war at some point in time, you do sit down and negotiate.

— Michael Mullen

If the untimely battlefield deaths of generations of American heroes have taught us nothing else, it should be this unalterable fact: what…

— Michael Mullen

It has been a little surprising to me, anyway, is to find out through media that there actually have been several chemical…

— Michael Mullen

I am convinced that America's great sea of goodwill can be, in fact, a rising tide, a tide that could lift every…

— Michael Mullen

Few things are more damaging to our democracy than a military officer who doesn't have the moral courage to stand up for…

— Michael Mullen

We think we're near energy independence - nothing could be further from the truth. We're in much better shape now, but the…

— Michael Mullen