“The highest levels of the U.S. military, the Defense Department, and the White House must be held accountable for putting our troops at greater risk and diminishing Americas moral authority across the globe.” HouseWhiteLevelsMoralGreaterRiskMilitaryAuthorityHighestDefenseDepartmentWhite HouseTroopsGlobesOur TroopsMoral Authority Author:Lawrence Korb
“Although the Great Leader told us that we have to let the people eat rice with meat soup, wear silk clothes and live in a tiled roof house, we have not accomplished his will. We have already reached the status of a strong country in the military field, let alone politics and ideology, but there are still quite a number of things lacking in people's lives. I am trying to implement his will by solving these problems.” PeopleTryingStillsCountryProblemHouseStrongNumbersLeaderMilitaryFieldsClothesIdeologyMeatAccomplishedRoofLackingSoupRiceGreat LeaderSilk Author:Kim Jong Il
“Together, we can make ourselves a nation that spends more on books than on bombs, more on hospitals than the terrible tools of war, more on decent houses than military aircraft.” BookWarTogetherHouseNationsMilitaryTerribleToolsDecentBombsHospitalsAircraftTogether We Can Book:The Gospel According to RFK: Why it Matters Now Source: The Gospel According to RFK: Why it Matters Now
“I don't fly any awards at the house. Any award you get is usually for something you've done in the past. And I like to keep looking forward.” WarDonePastHouseHistoryMilitaryAwardsLooking ForwardMonarchy Author:Garth Brooks
“The White House has now released military documents that they say prove George Bush met his requirements for the National Guard. Big deal, we've got documents that prove Al Gore won the election.” BigsHouseWhiteDealsMilitaryMetsProveElectionWhite HouseAlsDocumentsRequirementsBig DealGoreNational Guard Author:Jay Leno
“There was an embarrassing moment in the White House earlier today. They were looking around while searching for George Bush's military records. They actually found some old Al Gore ballots.” MomentsTodayFoundHouseWhiteRecordsMilitaryWhite HouseAlsEmbarrassingGoreBallotsEmbarrassing Moment Author:David Letterman
“I understand the needs of both the military and the veteran, and that has helped me tremendously as a congressman. I am proud to serve on the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.” NeedsHouseMilitaryProudAffairCommitteesVeteranCongressman Author:Phil Roe
“As a human being with notoriety and a big mouth, I've felt most threatened during the first Bush Administration. Whenever there's a Bush in the White House, many people die, and the rest of us are threatened. I just didn't think it would happen quite so quickly. The so-called USA Patriot Act, and the announcement of trying people in military tribunals if Bush or Rumsfeld's or Ashcroft's people think they somehow qualify as terrorists, basically, this is McCarthyism run amok.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingFirstsHumansBigsHappensRunningDiesHouseFeltHuman BeingsWhiteMilitaryMouthsTerroristAdministrationUsaWhite HousePatriotThreatenedAnnouncementsNotorietyPatriot ActTribunalsMccarthyismUsa Patriot Act Author:Jello Biafra
“Let's say somebody were [in the White House] and they wanted to destroy this nation. I would create division among the people, encourage a culture of ridicule for basic morality and the principles that made and sustained the country, undermine the financial stability of the nation, and weaken and destroy the military. It appears coincidentally that those are the very things that are happening right now.” PeopleMadeCountryWantedCultureHouseNationsWhitePrinciplesMilitaryMoralityRight NowHappeningsFinancialDivisionWhite HouseStabilityRidiculeFinancial Stability Author:Benjamin Carson
“Inside the White House there were always extreme amounts of doubt about whether they should be escalating in Afghanistan. In fact, most of the president's advisers said, "This is probably not going to work." A lot of people in the military said, "This is probably not going to work."” PeopleShouldSaidFactsHousePresidentWhiteDoubtMilitaryAmountExtremesWhite HouseAfghanistanGoing To WorkAdviserEscalating Author:Michael Hastings
“As nearly two dozen Secret Service agents and members of the military were punished or fired following a 2012 prostitution scandal in Colombia, Obama administration officials repeatedly denied that anyone from the White House was involved.” TwoHouseWhiteSecretMilitaryInvolvedMembersFollowingAgentsAdministrationOfficialsWhite HouseDeniedDozenScandalProstitutionNotableColombiaSecret Service Author:Carol D. Leonnig
“The information that the Secret Service shared with the White House included hotel records and firsthand accounts - the same types of evidence the agency and military relied on to determine who in their ranks was involved.” HouseWhiteSecretRecordsMilitaryInformationTypeInvolvedEvidenceAccountsDetermineAgencyHotelWhite HouseNotableSecret Service Author:Carol D. Leonnig
“I still wanted to get into the NBA. I was still on the team, I was a starting point guard and I was on and off the team because of my grades. That was the thing, discipline, discipline, discipline, and then I was going home to a very strict dad. He ran the house like the military.” StillsHomeWantedHouseTeamMilitaryDadDisciplineStartingRanGradesNbaStrictStarting PointAnd OffGoing HomePoint Guard Author:Ryan Montgomery
“My parents, the effect that [Frank Sinatra] had on the Italian community, in terms of all our friends at the house were multicultural. We weren't just Italians. My dad's close friend was a black gentleman - this was back in the early 50s when Tony Bennett was reprimanded for having lunch, when he was in the military, with a black man.” MenHouseParentBlackTermCommunityEffectsMilitaryDadMy DadGentlemanItalianLunchFrankClose FriendsMulticultural Author:Robert Davi
“This year's [2016] White House holiday theme is "The Gift of the Holidays," and our decorations reflect some of our greatest gifts as a nation: from our incredible military families, to the life-changing impact of a great education.” YearsHouseNationsWhiteMilitaryImpactIncrediblesLife ChangingThemeHolidayWhite HouseGreatest GiftsDecorationGreat EducationMilitary Family Author:Michelle Obama
“At the end of the day, Osama bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi Arabia. He wants to get rid of the House of Saud. There's a great deal of resentment, even inside the royal family, at the continued military presence of the United States there.” HouseInterestMilitaryResentmentBin LadenOsama Bin LadenRoyal Family Author:Robert Fisk
“Inside the White House there were always extreme amounts of doubt about whether they should be escalating in Afghanistan. In fact, most of the president's advisers said, "This is probably not going to work." A lot of people in the military said, "This is probably not going to work." If the thumbnail version of the Iraq war was that George W.Bush lied about mass destruction weapons, the thumbnail version of Barack Obama's war in Afghanistan is that the generals pushed him into a war he didn't want to fight.” PeopleWarFightingHouseDoubtMilitaryDestructionBarackAfghanistanGoing To WorkLiedIraq War Author:Michael Hastings