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America is the world's engine but also its conscience. We are the petri dish of diversity and inclusiveness.

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What will eventually cause the defeat of ISIL is that it will collapse under its own contradictions, frankly. When the populations in which it tries to maneuver realize that that ideology is not to their future benefit.

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My mother cried when I told her I really didn't want to go to West Point. So I went.

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I worked hard at whatever task I was given and embraced leadership opportunities, whether as a crossing guard, an altar boy, or a general.

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My belief is that when the military is used as the sole instrument of power, that never has a good outcome. If there's no one to take ownership and develop that failed state, human suffering can be even worse than that created by the conflict itself.

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Strategy is, at some level, the ability to predict what's going to happen, but it's also about understanding the context in which it is being formulated. And then you have to be open-minded to the fact that you're not going to get it right at the very beginning.

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I've been in the group that believes it's in our national interest to close Guantanamo. It does create a psychological scar on our national values. Whether it should or not, it does.

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A military leader should always understand, of all human endeavors... the one that's the most unpredictable and the most costly is warfare.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Soldier

Born: March 14th, 1952

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