"I think the central mission in Afghanistan right……" — Michael Mullen
"I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that's really the center of gravity."
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17 Quotes by Michael Mullen
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I'm blessed to be in a command position in a Navy this good
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We're at a real time of transition here in terms of future aviation. What's going to be manned? What's going…
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In every war at some point in time, you do sit down and negotiate.
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We think we're near energy independence - nothing could be further from the truth. We're in much better shape now,…
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I think anybody in our - in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance…
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I've said for a long time, clearly the - a, a critical key to success in the region is going…
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The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure…
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The single biggest existential threat that's out there, I think, is cyber.
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To the Cold War veterans here, know that your steadfast efforts preserved a delicate balance, and, because of you, the…
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The sea is my business.
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I have met parents all over the world, and they all just want to raise their kids to a higher…
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More Afghanistan Quotes
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You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers…
— Joe Arpaio
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Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in…
— Benazir Bhutto
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Al Qaeda is almost all in Pakistan, and Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And yet for every dollar we're spending in…
— Joe Biden
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I don't want to go and start trying to make jokes in places like India, Tanzania or Iraq. Afghanistan is…
— Bill Bryson
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Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there…
— James Buchan
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
— Barbara Bush
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The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and…
— George W. Bush
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I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I…
— George W. Bush
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The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of…
— Steve Buyer
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I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not…
— David Cameron
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And the fact of the matter is there were thousands of people that went through those training camps in Afghanistan.…
— Dick Cheney
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When an army unit returns from service in Iraq or Afghanistan, it barely gets a breather before it begins training…
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