Air Force Magazine Archive 

Holiday Message
"To those who will spend this special time of year far from family and loved ones, our thoughts are with you. The sacrifices you make earn the deep and abiding respect of your fellow airmen and Americans. For those airmen and members of our sister services engaged in combat operations around the globe, we look forward to your safe return. To those of us with the opportunity to celebrate the holidays at home, remember our deployed airmen and extend heartfelt thanks to the family members and loved ones who miss them."
—Holiday message from Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh, and CMSAF James Roy, Dec. 17, 2012.

Wisdom and Technology
"No one has done more than the two visionaries on this stage. Now, you have to think about what real visionaries do. They look at the world and they see what's missing. So they set out to fill the gap, to build something new. And that's what Sam Nunn and Dick Lugar did many years ago. They challenged us to think anew; to imagine, after decades of confrontation, how our nations might engage in cooperation. Early in the Cold War, Einstein warned of the danger of our wisdom not keeping pace with our technology. And with Nunn-Lugar, our wisdom began to catch up."
—President Obama honoring Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) and former Sen. Sam Nunn in remarks at the 20th Anniversary Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Symposium in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2012.