Robert Gates: “Through the support of the Congress and our nation, these young men and women will prevail in the current conflicts.”

the real problem with United States policy in the Middle East is the lack of a clear strategy.

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.

The Chinese have played a lot of clips of what happened at the Capitol on January 6. And in their propaganda... have talked about how we’re in no position to advise other countries on how to govern themselves.

This is basically the responsibility of the president to educate people about why this is necessary.