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The basic DNA we've got to implant in leaders now is adaptability: not to get wedded to the solution to a particular problem, because not only the problem but the solution changes day to day. Creating people who are hardwired for that is going to be our challenge for the future.

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America needs a restart. It has long devoted its energies to solving its many big problems - unequal opportunity, crumbling infrastructure, lagging education, inadequate training in a changing economy, and threats to peace around the world.

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We are a nation of innovators and problem-solvers who sparked revolutions in democratic government, civil rights, communications, flight, rural electrification and technology. We are a country defined by ideals now in need of rescue.

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America needs a big idea that plays to its strength. It should look to national service.

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We should get to the business of providing at least one million opportunities each year for young Americans to spend a service year with peers who are different from them - by race, ethnicity, income, politics and religious belief.

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The reality is when you make 'America First' a bumper sticker and pump it overseas, what you're telling them is 'America Only'.

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How we present ourselves matters a lot, and that's every American, not just at the senior levels.

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If we want to be members of the world community, we need to think that way.

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If every soldier is authorized to make one mistake, then we lose the war.

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One of the big takeaways from Iraq was that you have to not lose confidence in what you are doing. We were able to go to the edge of the abyss without losing hope.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Soldier

Born: August 14th, 1954

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