Tag Archives: John F. Kelly

The one thing I was always told is you absolutely have to tell truth to power. Whether you're a second lieutenant working with a captain and a lieutenant colonel, or a four-star general working with the Office Secretary of Defense and the White House, the decision makers have got to have ground truth. John F. […]

My first time overseas was taking 10,000 tons of beer to Vietnam. John F. Kelly

Years ago, people didn't wear seatbelts. Now, most people wouldn't get in a car without putting a seatbelt on. John F. Kelly

We cannot gamble with American lives. I will not gamble with American lives. John F. Kelly

I grew up in Boston in a very, very, very Marine town. So back in my neighborhood in Boston, a working-class neighborhood, when you got your draft notice, you went down, and you took your draft physical. And then, if you passed it, you joined the Marine Corps. John F. Kelly

One day, you'll get out of the Marine Corps; you'll put your uniform up, but you'll never not be a Marine. John F. Kelly

If there's a country, and it's dangerous, and we deploy a U.S.military man or woman, if there's only one there, and they never leave the capital, that is 'boots on the ground.' John F. Kelly

I work for one man. His name is Donald Trump. He has told me one thing: 'Secure the border.' John F. Kelly

If you want to get into the United States, the best way, I believe, is to ride the network. There is no convergence between, say, the criminal networks and the Islamic extremist networks. John F. Kelly

If there's a country, and it's dangerous, and we deploy a U.S. military man or woman, if there's only one there, and they never leave the capital, that is 'boots on the ground.' We do a disservice to the sacrifice of these people, particularly if they are killed, when we say there's no boots on […]