Robert Gates: “We need more concrete goals that can be achieved realistically within 3 to 5 years.”

I think appearances do matter.

There has to be an agreement between the president and the Congress on actually what has to be done to recapture our industrial-military industrial capabilities.

Putin hasn't given up on any of his original goals in Ukraine.

I think there is a cost. I think it does provide a basis for radicalization in the region.