“If Barack Obama cannot appreciate that our troops are winning in Iraq, he should not be their Commander in Chief.” IfsShouldWinningAppreciateIraqChiefsBarackTroopsCommandersOur TroopsCommander In Chief Author:Lindsey Graham
“In 2004, I went to Israel and gave a speech that resulted in guns and ammunition being given to the South Sudanese rebels, specifically Commanders Athol's and Yaka's armies.” GivenSpeechGunArmySouthIsraelRebelCommandersAmmunition Author:Kola Boof
“On the other side, you have the conservative intelligentsia - magazines like National Review, which has a big anti-Trump issue; Weekly Standard editor, conservative talk show hosts - they're mounting a big anti-Trump effort, pro-Cruz effort because they think [Donald] Trump is dangerous and he's not qualified to be commander in chief.” ThinkingShowsBigsSidesEffortIssuesDangerousTrumpStandardsConservativeMagazinesChiefsEditorsReviewsHostQualifiedCommandersTalk ShowsCruzCommander In Chief Author:Mara Liasson
“Blackbeard was larger than life. He was 6'4" in 1710. He was a colossus, and like a rock star walking into a bar. He was a tremendous commander, a great leader.” StarsLeaderRocksWalkingBarsRock StarGreat LeaderCommandersLarger Than LifeColossus Author:Ray Stevenson
“Essentially Rumsfeld wins, Cheney wins, and the CIA and State Department lose. Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld have more centralized control over intelligence, analysis, and operations than ever before. And the way they interpret the law, if the President authorizes an intelligence mission to be run covertly by the Pentagon, they don't have to tell anybody, including Congress, about it because the President is the commander in chief.” IfsWayStatesRunningLawWinningPresidentLosesIncludingCongressMissionsChiefsOperationsAnalysisDepartmentCommandersCiaPentagonCommander In Chief Author:Seymour Hersh
“Well, the most important thing a president will be is commander-in-chief. And that requires having an understanding of the complex issues on foreign policy. Foreign policy presents us often with hard choices, not black or white choices.” WellsImportantHardChoicesUnderstandingBlackPresidentWhiteIssuesPolicyImportant ThingsComplexesChiefsForeign PolicyCommandersCommander In ChiefBlack Or White Author:Marco Rubio
“Barack Obama's a terrible commander-in-chief. He is gutting our military. It's not an exaggeration.” MilitaryTerribleChiefsBarackCommandersExaggerationCommander In Chief Author:Marco Rubio
“When you're the commander in chief, you're the commander in chief on day one. You don't get like a six-month grace period. The world doesn't just stop and say, well, let's wait until the president catches up before we start challenging America.” WorldWellsAmericaWaitingPresidentChallengesGraceMonthsPeriodsSixChiefsSix MonthsCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Marco Rubio
“Donald Trump is great at the one-liners, but he's a chaos candidate and he'd be a chaos president. He would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe.” NeedsCountryPresidentTrumpSafeChaosOur CountryChiefsCandidatesCommandersOne LinerCommander In Chief Author:Renee Montagne
“Through my time in the military and my deployments, I have recognized the importance of having a Commander in Chief who will not only go after those who threaten the safety and security of the American people, but who will also exercise good judgment and foresight in stopping these failed interventionist wars of regime change that have cost our country so much in human lives, untold suffering, and trillions of dollars.” PeopleHumansWarCountrySufferingSecurityMilitaryExerciseCostJudgmentImportanceSafetyDollarsOur CountryChiefsHuman LifeMy TimeRegimesStoppingCommandersForesightCommander In ChiefDeploymentGood JudgmentSafety And SecurityRegime Change Author:Tulsi Gabbard
“I was a section commander in the parachute regiment [in the British army].” ArmyBritishSectionsCommandersParachutesBritish Army Author:Scott Raab
“The Ranger who trained me at the time was [American] Major Buck Kernan, who became Supreme Allied Commander. I hadn't spoken to him in a few years, but he reached out to me and said, "I'm so proud of you."” YearsSaidProudMajorsSupremeCommandersBucksRangersProud Of You Author:Scott Raab
“By releasing these five top Taliban commanders, the U.S. is demonstrating that it is throwing in the towel in the long struggle against the Taliban and its al-Qaeda allies in Afghanistan.” LongStruggleFiveAlsAlliesThrowingAfghanistanCommandersAl QaedaTalibanDemonstratingTowelsThrowing In The Towel Author:Jonathan S. Tobin
“Gary Berntsen, head of the CIA in Afghanistan there, he was a field commander. And he has a book out called "Jawbreaker." And he says we missed an opportunity at Tora Bora to get him. We put resources elsewhere. That's been a critique of the administration. Did we miss opportunities?” BookOpportunityMissingFieldsResourcesAdministrationAfghanistanElsewhereCommandersCiaCritiqueGaryMissing Opportunity Author:Alan Colmes
“Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander-in-chief.” PresidentTrumpChiefsCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Hillary Clinton
“The darkest days in my life after the war, after the war, was when I discovered that the ... most of the members and commanders of the Einsatz group that were doing the killings, not even in gas chambers, but killing with machine guns, had college degrees from German universities and PhD's and MD's. Couldn't believe it.” BelieveWarGroupsCollegeMembersDegreesGunMachinesKillingUniversityGasChamberCommandersCollege DegreeMachine GunsPhdsGas Chambers Author:Elie Wiesel
“The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president and commander in chief is a serious responsibility.” PeopleSaidJobsPresidentResponsibilitySeriousChiefsBarackCommandersPresident Barack ObamaCommander In Chief Author:Hillary Clinton
“We cannot promote someone to Commander-in-Chief who has made the world a more violent and dangerous place with every bad judgment Hillary Clinton has made.” WorldMadeDangerousJudgmentClintonViolentChiefsCommandersCommander In ChiefDangerous Places Author:Chris Christie
“Who knows better than you what it means to have a commander-in-chief who lived his entire life, who lived throughout the entire Cold War, and doesn't know what the nuclear triad is? It's absolutely astonishing. And so it's terrific to have Joe Dunford and you know, perhaps John Bolton and other people in positions of trust.” PeopleKnowsMeanWarPositionColdNuclearChiefsCold WarTerrificAstonishingCommandersBetter Than YouCommander In ChiefTriads Author:Bret Stephens
“Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety.” PeopleSelfSometimesListsFormerPossessedCommandersSobrietyNatoPlausible Author:David Brooks
“The issues that I think matter, that I think resonate with the voters are, No. 1, defending our freedoms, defending the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. No. 2, lifting the boot of Washington off of the back of the necks of small businesses so that people can have jobs again, wages can come back again, fighting for the working class, you are getting hammered by Washington. And, No. 3, keeping this country safe, a strong commander in chief we can trust to keep us safe. That's what I'm looking for.” PeopleThinkingCountryMatterJobsFightingStrongClassIssuesRightsSafeConstitutionBillsChiefsNecksVotersBootsWorking ClassWagesSmall BusinessCommandersLiftingBack AgainBill Of RightsCommander In ChiefHammered Author:Ted Cruz
“I think it is appropriate when you look at the test that you have to meet to be commander-in-chief for Americans to be thoughtful about, you know, who has the experience and the approach that is best likely to work.” ThinkingKnowsLooksApproachTestsChiefsThoughtfulAppropriateCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think what more and more Americans are concluding is that Donald Trump is not a man who is qualified to be president, and he is not fit to be commander and chief.” ThinkingMenPresidentTrumpFitChiefsQualifiedCommandersConcluding Author:Hillary Clinton
“If any refuse to obey the common laws and orders of the ship concerning their common peace or preservation; if any shall mutiny or rise up against their commanders and officers; if any should preach or write that there should be no commanders or officers because all are equal in Christ, therefore no master or officers, no laws nor orders, nor corrections nor punishments - I say I never denied that in such cases, the commander may judge, resist, compel, and punish such transgressors according to their deserts and merits.” IfsShouldWritingMayLawOrderChristCommonCasesJudgingMastersEqualRefusePunishmentShipsDesertMeritOfficersDeniedPreservationCommandersCorrectionsLaw And OrderCommon LawMutiny Author:Roger Williams
“Following is one of the most underrated aspects of leadership.... I have seen many a good [military unit] underachieve, because someone...thought the commander was incompetent, and quietly worked to undermine his authority.” MilitaryAuthorityAspectFollowingUnitsCommandersIncompetentUnderrated Author:William H. McRaven
“The national security issues are a really good window into the character of the person that somebody wants to have as commander in chief.” WantPersonsCharacterIssuesSecurityWindowChiefsNational SecurityCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Tim Kaine
“Imagine being able to make it difficult for an ISIS commander to talk to his fighters in the field just by placing a piece of malware on his computer network.” AbleDifficultPiecesImagineFieldsComputerFighterIsisCommanders Author:Dina Temple-Raston
“I came back to this idea of telling the stories of women who aren't in all of the history books. Their names are not up there next to male names that we've know since we were little kids. Ching Shih, for example, was a pirate commander from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. She was one of the most fearsome pirates, why is her name not included when we list the names of great pirates like Blackbeard?” KnowsLittlesBookIdeasStoriesKidsNextNamesExampleLateMalesListsLittle KidCommandersPirateHistory Books Author:Anita Sarkeesian
“I hadn't mentioned, but Ching Shih is a pretty villainous character. She is a real person, but she was a pirate commander, so she probably murdered a lot of people.” PeoplePersonsRealCharacterCommandersPirateReal Person Author:Anita Sarkeesian
“Americans are at war with radical Islamic terrorism. We are at war with the ISIS caliphate, and what we need is a commander-in-chief who knows that, who understands that, who will give our military the resources they need to make that fight, pull our allies together - including moderate Arab nations - and hunt down and destroy ISIS and other terrorist organizations at their source.” KnowsNeedsGivingWarTogetherFightingNationsMilitarySourceResourcesOrganizationDown AndIncludingTerrorismTerroristChiefsRadicalIslamicAlliesHuntsModeratesIsisCommandersCommander In ChiefIslamic Terrorism Author:Mike Pence
“We are now returning to the 18th century empirical approach with the new interest in the evolutionary basis of ethics, with 'experimental' moral philosophy and moral psychology. As a result, we understand better why moral formulas are experienced as ineluctable commands, even if there is no commander and even if the notion of an inescapable obligation is just superstition. So moral philosophy has made huge progress.” IfsMadePhilosophyInterestResultsMoralPsychologyProgressCenturyHugeApproachEthicsBasesNotionObligationCommandFormulasSuperstitionsCommanders18th CenturyMoral Philosophy Author:Catherine Wilson
“We saw more evidence that [Doanld Trump] is temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be commander-in-chief. He trash-talked American generals, saying they had been, quote, "reduced to rubble," that's how he talks about distinguished men and women who have spent their lives serving our country, sacrificing for us. That's how he would act as commander-in-chief.” MenCountrySawsSacrificeTrumpEvidenceMen And WomenOur CountryChiefsServingTrashDistinguishedCommandersCommander In ChiefUnqualifiedRubble Author:Hillary Clinton
“I will be as careful as I can in making the most significant decisions any president and commander-in-chief can make about sending our men and women into harm's way.” MenWayI CanPresidentDecisionMen And WomenCarefulHarmSignificantChiefsCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Hillary Clinton
“One of the things that's very troubling to voters about Donald Trump is his erratic behavior, his lack of good temperament to serve as commander in chief.” TrumpBehaviorChiefsVotersTemperamentCommandersCommander In ChiefErratic Author:Robby Mook
“It's one of the reasons [Vladimir Putin invitation to U.S] why 50 national security officials who served in Republican information - in administrations have said that Donald [Trump] is unfit to be the commander- in-chief. It's comments like that that really worry people who understand the threats that we face.” PeopleSaidReasonFacesWorrySecurityInformationTrumpRepublicanThreatChiefsAdministrationOfficialsCommentNational SecurityInvitationsCommandersPutinCommander In Chief Author:Hillary Clinton
“I trust Hillary Clinton as president and commander in chief, but the thought of Donald Trump as commander in chief scares me to death.” PresidentTrumpClintonChiefsScareCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Tim Kaine
“Mao lived very much like the rank and file of the Red Army. After ten years of leadership of the Reds, after hundreds of confiscations of property of landlords, officials and tax collectors, he owned only his blankets, and a few personal belongings, including two cotton uniforms. Although he is a Red Army commander as well as chairman, he wore on his coat collar only two Red bars that are the insignia of the ordinary Red soldier.” YearsWellsTwoTenTaxesOrdinaryRedArmyPropertyIncludingSoldierBarsOfficialsBelongingUniformsCoatsFilesCommandersBlanketChairmanCollectorsCottonCollarsMaoLandlordRed Army Author:Edgar Snow
“I think Gary Johnson would be capable of being a good chief executive and yes a commander in chief - Aleppo to the contrary, notwithstanding.” ThinkingWould BeCapableContraryChiefsExecutivesJohnsonCommandersGaryCommander In ChiefChief Executives Author:William Weld
“I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.” SimpleRevolutionaryCommanders Author:Akbar Ganji
“With Hillary Clinton as our commander in chief, our international relations will not be reduced to a business transaction. I also know that our armed forces will not become an instrument of torture and they will not be engaged in murder or carry out other illegal activities.” KnowsForceActivityRelationMurderInstrumentsClintonInternationalChiefsEngagedTortureIllegalCommandersInternational RelationsTransactionsArmed ForcesCommander In ChiefIllegal Activities Author:John R. Allen
“What we need to do is ensure that we don't create an environment that puts us on a track conceivably where the United States military finds itself in a civil military crisis with a commander in chief who would have us do illegal things.” NeedsStatesUnitedUnited StatesEnvironmentMilitaryCrisisTrackChiefsIllegalCommandersCommander In ChiefUnited States MilitaryIllegal Things Author:John R. Allen
“We need to have a commander-in-chief who knows what she is doing.” KnowsNeedsChiefsCommandersCommander In Chief Author:John R. Allen
“I was the Commander in Chief with men and women in combat. And the idea of trying to agonize in public or show weakness would have demoralized them.” MenTryingIdeasShowsWeaknessMen And WomenChiefsCombatCommandersCommander In ChiefDemoralizedWomen In Combat Author:George W. Bush
“I was very much against the Vietnam War, and Max Askeli was visiting Lyndon Johnson in the White House cheering him on, writing editorials. And in The Voice one day I once referred to him as Commander Askeli. And I called in to The Reporter to go over the galleys of a music piece I had written, and the editor whispered to me, `It's not gonna run. You're not gonna run. Max Askeli has fired you because of what you said about him.'” WritingSaidWarRunningHouseVoiceWhitePiecesWrittenOne DayWhite HouseEditorsCheerVietnamReportersJohnsonCommandersVietnam WarMaxVisitingEditorials Author:Nat Hentoff
“I felt better about myself that I did it [calling Max Askeli Commander Askeli], rather than have - rather than thinking it and not writing it for being afraid of what might happen to me.” ThinkingWritingMightHappensFeltCallingCommandersMaxBeing Afraid Author:Nat Hentoff
“One of the great things about the United States is that when it comes to world affairs, the president obviously is the leader of the Executive Branch, the Commander-in-Chief, the spokesperson for the nation, but the influence and the work that we have is the result not just of the president, it is the result of countless interactions and arrangements and relationships between our military and other militaries, and our diplomats and other diplomats, the intelligence officers and development workers.” WorldStatesNationsPresidentUnitedResultsLeaderUnited StatesInfluenceMilitaryDevelopmentWorkersAffairGreat ThingsChiefsBranchesExecutivesOfficersInteractionArrangementsCommandersDiplomatsCommander In ChiefExecutive BranchWorld AffairsIntelligence Officers Author:Barack Obama
“Since 9/11 we've been engaged in wars around the world, and General [James] Mattis has been a leading battlefield commander in many of those theaters, including in the April 2004 siege of Fallujah, where the US Marines killed so many people that the municipal soccer stadium in the city had to be turned into a graveyard for the dead.” PeopleWorldHas BeensWarCitiesTheaterIncludingAround The WorldSoccerEngagedMarineAprilCommandersBattlefieldsStadiumsGraveyardSiegeGeneral James MattisUs Marine Author:James Mattis
“What concerned me was that [James Mattis] played not only a critical role as a battlefield commander in Fallujah, but also, afterwards, when he was promoted to various other higher-ranking positions, he served as a convening authority in court-martial proceedings against various marines who had been accused of atrocities - for example, in the Haditha massacre, where a group of marines went on a killing spree after one in their unit was killed.” RolesGroupsExamplePositionHigherAuthorityConcernedCourtKillingVariousCriticalUnitsAccusedMarineCommandersBattlefieldsAtrocitiesProceedingMassacresRanking Author:James Mattis
“I think that the only time we will really know what then-President Trump is going to do about the set of challenges that confront him is after he has sat down with his advisers as the commander in chief, when he's looking at the threats and the intelligence from the standpoint of being the number one decider, when he's hearing from his secretary of defense, his chairman, who was the same chairman President Obama had, Chairman Joe Dunford, who is an outstanding public servant, who has led our anti-ISIL effort, on which we're making great progress.” ThinkingKnowsPresidentChallengesNumbersEffortProgressTrumpThreatHearingDefenseChiefsServantSatPresident ObamaSecretaryOnly TimeCommandersOutstandingChairmanStandpointAdviserCommander In ChiefPublic ServantsIsilGreat Progress Author:Samantha Power
“I think if Donald Trump should become commander in chief, we all want that in a leader, somebody who is able to fight back.” IfsThinkingWantShouldAbleFightingLeaderTrumpChiefsCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Robert Jeffress