Robert Gates: “It is simply not reasonable to expect the defense budget to continue increasing at the same rate it has over the last…”

I think there is a cost. I think it does provide a basis for radicalization in the region.

We want everything that's possible, and a lot of things that aren't possible, in a new system.

the real problem with United States policy in the Middle East is the lack of a clear strategy.

He wants Ukraine, basically, to be a client state of Russia.