Gates supports the decision to reduce troops in Afghanistan as ordered by Obama.
02/16/2011
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So there will be boots on the ground if there is to be any hope of success in the strategy.
it's a terrible way to budget. I mean, it is a gimmick.
we always discover . . . that we [go] too far in cutting
the real problem with United States policy in the Middle East is the lack of a clear strategy.