Robert Gates: “The TFBSO proved to be an invaluable element of the United States' comprehensive civil-military effort in Afghanistan.”

I think that it's still a problem for the Saudis.

I think the president is — based on what I read — is getting the sense that, as he put it, that Putin is 'tapping' him along.

He wants Ukraine, basically, to be a client state of Russia.

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