53 Quotes by Mark Esper

If you talk to any senior Army leaders, you'll find one, if not all, their children are in the Army.

The Brits are escorting their ships, and we will escort our ships, and I assume other countries will escort their ships.

At the end of the day, the Army is a standards-based organization.

Seventeen consecutive years of irregular war, extended years of budget uncertainty, and an increasing complex security environment have eroded our competitive edge.

Child care is very important, so I want to put dollars there, and I want to make sure we get the policies right.

I've got a lot of military kids who are not in on-base child care, and they should be. So it's things like that I'm going to change, either from a funding perspective or a policy perspective.

In many cases, the reason why our child development centers are not at full capacity is that we have an insufficient number of providers.

If Turkey procures the S-400, it will mean they will not receive the F-35. It's that simple.

If confirmed, my overall guiding objective for our relationship with India would be to solidify an enduring strategic partnership underpinned by strong defence cooperation with an Indian military able to collaborate effectively with the United States to address shared interests.