Robert Gates said...

the way the things ought to operate is that if there is a sense on the Hill, a majority view, that the budget needs to b...

we've lost our ability to prioritize, to make hard decisions, to do tough analysis, to make trades.

As I sat there I thought, the president doesn't trust his commander, can't stand Karzai, doesn't believe it his own stra...

By continuing to repeat that the U.S. will not put boots on the ground, the President, in effect, traps himself.