Robert Gates said...

This is a Department that principally plans for war. It is not organized to wage war, and that is what I am trying to fi...

My staff and I have learned that it was nearly impossible to get accurate information and answers to questions such as, ...

the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks or months--not year...

There's absolutely no way we can maintain a credible deterrent and reduce the number of weapons in our stockpile without...