Robert Gates: “I will preserve a position of advantage by maintaining and enhancing the current midcourse defense capability.”

Putin feels that he has a destiny to recreate the Russian Empire.

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.

I think there is a cost. I think it does provide a basis for radicalization in the region.

I think appearances do matter.