“The potential that violent contingencies could have been offered for trade in the [Pentagon]-backed PAM completely eclipsed the true intent and merit of that research project. To include such contingencies again would undermine the effort to demonstrate the technology because we would never get to the merits.”
Charles Polk
“Yesterday, the Pentagon warned U.S. reporters that they should get out of Baghdad as soon as possible because the U.S. could attack at any time. Then the Pentagon added, 'Whatever you do, don't tell Geraldo.'”
Conan O'Brien
“In this time of defense budgets being what they are, there certainly is a mandate from the Pentagon to bring down costs to be competitive to meet their needs.”
Dan Beck
“It's clear that this administration has engaged every possible agency, from the Pentagon to NSA to the FBI, to engage in spying on Americans.”
Ann Beeson
“We're isolating ourselves in the world ... And I think that the leadership of the Pentagon has done that in many ways to us, ... This issue of a secretary of defense not personally signing these letters is just astounding.”
Chuck Hagel
“Some parts and some elements of the Pentagon Report are correct. For instance it is correct to state that the PRC (the People's Republic of China) appears focused on preventing Taiwan's independence and also to underline this statement by quoting the 'Anti-Secession Law of March 2005,”
Helmut Schmidt
“Accountability is essential. So the question for me is, what did Secretary Rumsfeld and others in the Pentagon know, when did they know it and what did they do about it? ... If the answers are unsatisfactory, resignations should be sought.”
Joe Biden
