Robert Gates: “I think that we are regaining the initiative.”

Putin hasn't given up on any of his original goals in Ukraine.

The President does not like having countervailing opinions, he does not like being disagreed with.

Without proper and predictable funding, no amount of reform or clever reorganization will provide America with a military capable of accomplishing the missions it's assigned to.

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