19 Quotes by Lawrence Korb

What Katrina exposed, the questions over renditions and torture of terror suspects, and now the domestic spying controversy - all of this has really hit our image hard around the world.

What it's going to mean is some short-term gains, but a long-term disaster. You're going to have less research and development as you get down to probably four major companies.

No secretary of defense who has ever stayed more than one term has ever turned out well. McNamara and Weinberger, both if they had left at the end of their first term would have gone down in history much differently.

A timetable would provide an incentive. As long as we're there, there's no incentive for (Iraqis) to get their act together.

This British guy makes a lot of good points.

They haven't made the hard choices. You can't fund all of these weapons systems.

It says something about what the professional military is thinking. It's like they're saying, 'I thought these guys knew what they were doing.

And here's Rumsfeld. Among other things, he just stayed too long.

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.