Robert Gates said...

we always discover . . . that we [go] too far in cutting

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

turbulent, unstable, and unpredictable times have recurred to challenge U.S. leaders regularly since World War II

the way the things ought to operate is that if there is a sense on the Hill, a majority view, that the budget needs to b...