the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks or months--not years--was to take control of the problem myself through special task forces and ad hoc processes.
Gates emphasized the need for rapid equipment delivery to troops.
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I think it would be a very heavy political lift for the president to say he's going to cut off military supplies to Israel unless they stop in Gaza.
Senator Kaine will recall the reaction when we--when I shuttered Joint Forces Command in Norfolk.
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