Robert Gates actually said...

at a certain point, it will become impossible to keep extending the life of our arsenal, especially in light of our testing moratorium.

We will lead the way in reducing our arsenal, but we must always hedge against the dangerous and unpredictable world.

The new rules will significantly raise the threshold before a service member can be investigated for his or her sexual orientation. Gates sa...

I think it'll be a gradual process, much as we saw in Iraq.