Robert Gates actually said...

Drastic reductions in the size and strength of the U.S. military make armed conflict all the more likely.

You could spend $2 trillion, and you will never get to zero threat.

I think credit needs to be given particularly to the Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, because I think the Navy has a really aggressive prog...

You can never reach a point--just as there is no such thing as perfect security, there is no such thing as eliminating risk.