Robert Gates said...

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

By continuing to repeat that the U.S. will not put boots on the ground, the President, in effect, traps himself.

it's a terrible way to budget. I mean, it is a gimmick.

Senator Kaine will recall the reaction when we--when I shuttered Joint Forces Command in Norfolk.