Robert Gates: “Well, fundamentally, and I'm not kidding, it can be found within the…”

On the recordOctober 20, 2015

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

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Gates emphasizes that internal budgetary dysfunction is a major national security threat.

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