Robert Gates: “a dollar spent for capabilities in excess to our real needs is a dollar taken from a capability we do need.”

I think appearances do matter.

My staff and I have learned that it was nearly impossible to get accurate information and answers to questions such as, 'How much money did you spend?' and, 'How many people do you have?'

I'm kind of pessimistic for the near term.

Such an attack would make a nuclear-armed Iran inevitable.