Robert Gates: “Defense Secretary Robert Gates looking for ways to make the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy to be, quote, 'more humane'…”

My staff and I have learned that it was nearly impossible to get accurate information and answers to questions such as, 'How much money did you spend?' and, 'How many people do you have?'

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

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.

I think part of the problem is that at the end of the Cold War, we were affected by triumphalism or hubris, whatever you want to call it.