Robert Gates: “I strongly urge Congress to complete its work on the request as quickly as possible.”

I think the only thing I would've said is that a lot of this could've been done sooner.

I think the president is — based on what I read — is getting the sense that, as he put it, that Putin is 'tapping' him along.

I'm always hesitant to get Congress involved in a problem, because you usually end up with a solution you don't like. But the problem that the conferences, the athletic conferences, are facing now, they're all multi-state conferences. And…

My staff and I have learned that it was nearly impossible to get accurate information and answers to questions such as, 'How much money did you spend?' and, 'How many people do you have?'