I think artificial intelligence will likely change the character of warfare, and I believe whoever masters it first will dominate on the battlefield for many, many, many years.

It is an honor of a lifetime to be appointed secretary of defense and to lead the greatest military in history.

Our adversaries must see diplomacy as their best option because war with the United States will force them to bear enormous costs.

Together, we will remain the most ready and capable military force in the world, which is what our nation expects and deserves.

Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.

I read in 'Life' magazine that Asians had developed an operation to enlarge eyes, and I yearned to have this done. I wanted to dye my hair brown and to anglicize my name. Self-hate was the most terrible cost of the war years for me.

I wasn't very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.

War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist.