Robert Gates: “There is no purely military solution in Afghanistan.”

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.

it's a terrible way to budget. I mean, it is a gimmick.

I think appearances do matter.

There has to be an agreement between the president and the Congress on actually what has to be done to recapture our industrial-military industrial capabilities.