The Department of Defense cannot come to America's elected representatives and ask for budget increases each year unless we have done a better job--indeed, done everything possible--to make every dollar count.
Gates emphasizes the need for budget accountability before requesting increases.
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There has to be an agreement between the president and the Congress on actually what has to be done to recapture our industrial-military industrial capabilities.
I think it would be a very heavy political lift for the president to say he's going to cut off military supplies to Israel unless they stop in Gaza.
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