Robert Gates actually said...

It is simply not reasonable to expect the defense budget to continue increasing at the same rate it has over the last number of years.

if the supplemental is not enacted by the July 4th congressional recess, we will have to begin planning to curtail defense operations.

the Department of Defense cannot come to America's elected representatives and ask for budget increases each year unless we have done a bett...

the decision on Taiwan arms sales is fundamentally a political decision.