Robert Gates said...

We would like to have a competition . . . and we hope that both companies will agree to participate.

Gates emphasizes the need for competition in the tanker bid process.

02/02/2010

More Robert Gates Quotes

I think the only thing I would've said is that a lot of this could've been done sooner.

I soon learned that the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks...

He would be candid and honest, willing to tell the President straight from the shoulder what he needs to hear.

the role of Congress itself.