Robert Gates actually said...

we've lost our ability to prioritize, to make hard decisions, to do tough analysis, to make trades.

Gates discusses the impact of increased defense spending on decision-making capabilities.

02/26/2014

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I suspect that that is the way it will happen in Afghanistan as well.

I am cautioned to say the Iraq war is ending, not has ended.

the election trajectory in Iraq is basically going pretty much as had been predicted.

We should be able to secure our nation with a base budget of more than half a trillion dollars.