Gates warns that funding one program reduces resources for another.
06/17/2009
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So there will be boots on the ground if there is to be any hope of success in the strategy.
Allies are a huge asset and in not understanding that I think is a real problem.
the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks or months--not year...
She only was against the surge because she was running against Obama in the primary.