Quotes by Michael Mullen

About Michael Mullen:

Michael Glenn "Mike" Mullen, is a retired United States Navy admiral, who served as the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2011. Mullen previously served as the Navy's 28th Chief of Naval Operations from July 22, 2005 to September 29, 2007. He was only the third officer in the Navy's history to be appointed to four different four-star assignments; the other appointments being the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples from October 2004 to May 2005, and as the 32nd Vice Chief of Naval Operations from August 2003 to August 2004. As Chairman, Mullen was the highest-ranking officer in the United States Armed Forces. He retired from the Navy after over 43 years of service. Mullen is now a Professor at Princeton University.
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The best day was when we got bin Laden.

Michael Mullen

I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that's really the center of gravity.

Michael Mullen

The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan.

Michael Mullen

I think anybody in our - in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their responsibility for the safeguarding of classified information.

Michael Mullen

I was in the military for over 40 years, and one of the principles I kept with me was that there's an expectation globally that the U.S. will lead. Questions about that expectation have certainly risen in recent years. The fact that there's even a qu...

Michael Mullen

As a Naval officer, I've been all over the world, and one of the foundational lessons I learned was that parents everywhere would like to raise their children to a higher standard of living in a peaceful environment. That's a universal goal for famil...

Michael Mullen

One of the reasons that I'm still in the military - or I stayed in the military - is because I think the military has been a place where certainly people could improve, advance, and were treated fairly.

Michael Mullen

I'm not a policy and a strategy guy. I'm - you know, the military basically supports what the president wants, the decisions that he makes.

Michael Mullen

I would like America to remember those who have served and those that we've lost and their families.

Michael Mullen

I'd have no problem serving under any president.

Michael Mullen

The single biggest existential threat that's out there, I think, is cyber.

Michael Mullen

I think that is a noble goal that all of us should seek, to end wars and prevent wars as much as possible.

Michael Mullen

Right now we're on the President Obama plan, and we'll stay with that. And from my perspective, the reason we're there is to make sure that we can achieve the principal goal which is ensure that Afghanistan can never become a safe haven for a terrori...

Michael Mullen

I've been pretty clear about saying that I think that the No. 1 threat to our national security is our debt. And we've got to get our arms around that and head it in another - head it in the right direction - that we have to pay our fair share of thi...

Michael Mullen

I have met parents all over the world, and they all just want to raise their kids to a higher standard than they were raised with.

Michael Mullen

My job is simply to give advice, to be a counselor to our nation's leaders.

Michael Mullen

We are vulnerable in the military and in our governments, but I think we're most vulnerable to cyber attacks commercially. This challenge is going to significantly increase. It's not going to go away.

Michael Mullen

Our training is world-class across all the services. We spend an awful lot on every soldier, sailor, airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman that comes in, and we ask them to do an awful lot, sometimes more than we expect of ourselves, and they do that.

Michael Mullen

I'm very concerned about the nuclear weapons development for Iran and the destabilizing influence it has and they have in that part of the world. And I strongly endorse continued pressure, diplomatically, financially, economically.

Michael Mullen

From a very strategic level, I believe the military is part of the solution to better outcomes around the world, but at a higher level, it's really about economies.

Michael Mullen

Author Bio

  • NameMichael Mullen
  • DescriptionU.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • AliasesMike Mullen; Michael Glenn Mullen
  • BornOctober 4, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionOfficer
  • AwardsLegionnaire Of Legion Of Merit; Grand Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany With Star