Robert Gates: “This is not a war without end. The Lisbon Summit has made clear that the transfer to Afghan security responsibility and…”

Allies are a huge asset and in not understanding that I think is a real problem.

My concern is, we don't have an overriding strategy on the part of the United States in this complex challenge over the next 20 to 30 years.

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

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.