Robert Gates said...

My concern is that I don't see an overreaching--or overriding strategy on the part of the United States with this comple...

By continuing to repeat that the U.S. will not put boots on the ground, the President, in effect, traps himself.

I expect to continue to conduct training, advising, and assisting activities and joint counterterrorism operations.

There's absolutely no way we can maintain a credible deterrent and reduce the number of weapons in our stockpile without...