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War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.

One of the things that makes our military the best in the world is the certain knowledge of each soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine that they can always count on their comrades should they need help - that they will never be abandoned.

Our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen volunteer to protect and defend this country and all its citizens, and do so with honor, integrity and excellence. Our nation continually asks them to do more and more, with less and less.

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.

I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers.

Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?

When the country is at war, you need to support the president.

Of course you have to support the troops. They're just kids. They're doing for their country what's expected of them.

During their service, men and women in our Armed Forces live by a common creed, promising never to leave a soldier behind. We should live by the same principle. When our veterans are asked to travel hundreds of miles for care that's offered right next door, we simply aren't living up to that standard, and something has to change.

So we have a group within the office that is devoted to support for the war fighter. That's, of necessity, an operational and tactical level of concern.