Ricardo Sanchez

"the key reason, the sole reason, that I was forced to retire. I was essentially not offered another position in either a three-star or four-star command."

"I have firmly believed since Desert Shield that it is necessary for the strength of our democracy that the military and the press corps maintain a strong, mutually-respectful and enabling relationship…"

"Praise be to the Lord, my rock, who trains my fingers for battle and my hands for war."

"While the politicians espouse their rhetoric designed to preserve their reputations and their political power, our soldiers die!"

"The best we can do with this flawed approach is to stave off defeat."

"My assessment is that your profession, to some extent, has strayed from these ethical standards and allowed external agendas to manipulate what the American public sees on T.V., what they read in our …"

"Since 2003, the politics of war have been characterized by partisanship as the Republican and Democratic parties struggled for power in Washington. National efforts to date have been corrupted by part…"

"The death knell of your ethics has been enabled by your parent organizations who have chosen to align themselves with political agendas. What is clear to me is that you are perpetuating the corrosive …"