Robert Gates: “In October 2009, Poland agreed to host a similar Northern Europe site in Phase 3 (2018 timeframe).”

Without proper and predictable funding, no amount of reform or clever reorganization will provide America with a military capable of accomplishing the missions it's assigned to.

My staff and I have learned that it was nearly impossible to get accurate information and answers to questions such as, 'How much money did you spend?' and, 'How many people do you have?'

I think it would be a very heavy political lift for the president to say he's going to cut off military supplies to Israel unless they stop in Gaza.

we always discover . . . that we [go] too far in cutting