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Bogging Down Large Armies In Historically Complex, Dangerous Areas Ends In Disaster.

Assad Must Go. He's Lost The Legitimacy To Govern.

If We Have To Continue To Live Under Sequestration, It Will Have A Maximum Impact On Our Ability To Fulfill The President's Strategic Guidance. We Can't Do It All. It's As Simple As That, With The Limitations Of The Budget As Severe As They Are. These Deep, Abrupt Cuts Have Forced Us To Make Decisions That Are Not In The Interest Of America.

There's Always A Balance, I Think, Any Administration Has To Find In Not Just The Military But In Any Agency Of Government.

It's Critically Important That We Have Governments To Work With, That We Have Entities To Work With. President Hadi Has Been A Good Partner In That, And We Would Hope That The Next Set Of Leaders That Govern Yemen Will Also Take The Same Approach To Cooperation With The United States.