Robert Gates said...

Senator Kaine will recall the reaction when we--when I shuttered Joint Forces Command in Norfolk.

we've lost our ability to prioritize, to make hard decisions, to do tough analysis, to make trades.

As I sat there I thought, the president doesn't trust his commander, can't stand Karzai, doesn't believe it his own stra...

The policymakers who will follow us . . . will not have the same historical, personal and, indeed, emotional ties to Eur...