Robert Gates: “If you cut the defense budget by 10 percent, which would be catastrophic in terms of force structure, that's $55 billion…”

I think appearances do matter.

the real problem with United States policy in the Middle East is the lack of a clear strategy.

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's going to insist on occupying all four of the eastern provinces of the Donbas.