Robert Gates: “I reaffirm my belief that CNGB should not be a member of the JCS.”

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.

Putin feels that he has a destiny to recreate the Russian Empire.

we always discover . . . that we [go] too far in cutting

He would be candid and honest, willing to tell the President straight from the shoulder what he needs to hear.