Robert Gates actually said...

As I sat there I thought, the president doesn't trust his commander, can't stand Karzai, doesn't believe it his own strategy and doesn't con...

He hasn't gotten a single national security decision right in the last four decades.

Secretary Gates told President Bush that Guantanamo was a national security liability and advised him to close it down.

Fundamentally reforming our export control system is necessary for national security.