Our country has had a hard time learning that lesson with energy.

It would be better for the country if the Pentagon and the military do not shut down at any point because the threats to the country do not shut down.

To protect America's security, we are going to have to pull America's military out of the swamp of Washington politics.

Making America great again begins with making our military great again.

Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action.

The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It's not easy to be engaged in political debate when it is reduced to performers trying to outdo each other. Actions from leaders must mirror the values they claim to espouse.

The prize for ultimate inefficiency goes to America. We have built in so many checks and balances that our 'leaders' are the most thoroughly hogtied of any on Earth.

Great leaders are not proverbial fence sitters. They judge. They opine. They challenge. They fight for their vision.