Robert Gates said...

I soon learned that the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks...

He would be candid and honest, willing to tell the President straight from the shoulder what he needs to hear.

We cannot kill our way to victory in these situations.

If you find $100 billion--if you find the cut, if you meet the target that I've given you, and then you show me new mili...