Robert Gates said...

the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks or months--not year...

He would be candid and honest, willing to tell the President straight from the shoulder what he needs to hear.

My concern is, we don't have an overriding strategy on the part of the United States in this complex challenge over the ...

My concern is that I don't see an overreaching--or overriding strategy on the part of the United States with this comple...