Robert Gates actually said...

I'm kind of pessimistic for the near term.

Robert Gates expresses pessimism about the immediate future of the country due to political divisions.

06/18/2020

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We're in this thing to win.

We're in this thing to win. We intend to partner for a long time to come.

Nobody wants it more than he does.

I think that, here again, there may be some parallels with Iraq.