While the politicians espouse their rhetoric designed to preserve their reputations and their political power, our soldiers die! - Ricardo Sanchez

The death knell of your ethics has been enabled by your parent organizations who have chosen to align themselves with political agendas. What is clear to me is that you are perpetuating the corrosive partisan politics that is destroying our country and killing our servicemen who are at war.

Some of you may not believe, but I am glad to be here. When Sig asked me if I would consider addressing you there was no doubt that I should come into the lion's den.

The best we can do with this flawed approach [the Iraq War surge] is to stave off defeat.