Robert Gates actually said...

[b]usiness as usual [in terms of the Department's budget decisions] is no longer an option.

Gates emphasizes the need for budget reform in the Department of Defense.

01/26/2009

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Drastic reductions in the size and strength of the U.S. military make armed conflict all the more likely.

You could spend $2 trillion, and you will never get to zero threat.

I think credit needs to be given particularly to the Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, because I think the Navy has a really aggressive prog...

You can never reach a point--just as there is no such thing as perfect security, there is no such thing as eliminating risk.