Robert Gates: “I'm a little out of touch here, but to the best of my knowledge the answer to both questions is no.”

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.

No more continuing resolutions.

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.

I think it doesn't make strategic sense.