Robert Gates: “Dr. Gates has made it a high priority, we certainly, in the Army, embrace it.”

Putin believes it's his destiny to recreate the Russian empire.

He wants Ukraine, basically, to be a client state of Russia.

My concern is, we don't have an overriding strategy on the part of the United States in this complex challenge over the next 20 to 30 years.

Development is a lot cheaper than sending soldiers.