Robert Gates said...

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

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

In the end, the Iraqi leadership did not try to get an agreement through their parliament that would have made possible ...

I soon learned that the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks...