Robert Gates said...

it's a terrible way to budget. I mean, it is a gimmick.

Well, fundamentally, and I'm not kidding, it can be found within the two square miles that encompass the Capitol buildin...

the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks or months--not year...

We want everything that's possible, and a lot of things that aren't possible, in a new system.