Robert Gates actually said...

We have to think frankly about the military in another country in the Middle East.

Gates emphasizes the need for honest assessment of military involvement costs.

01/06/2011

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brass creep

this results in a bureaucracy which has the fine motor skills of a dinosaur

I expect to continue to conduct training, advising, and assisting activities and joint counterterrorism operations.

It is vitally important to protect the military modernization accounts.