Robert Gates: “We are clearly working very hard to see if there are opportunities to send additional forces sooner rather than later.”

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.

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

it's a terrible way to budget. I mean, it is a gimmick.

No more continuing resolutions.