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, ...

Without proper and predictable funding, no amount of reform or clever reorganization will provide America with a militar...

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