Robert Gates said...

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

By continuing to repeat that the U.S. will not put boots on the ground, the President, in effect, traps himself.

My concern is that I don't see an overreaching--or overriding strategy on the part of the United States with this comple...

I expect to continue to conduct training, advising, and assisting activities and joint counterterrorism operations.