Robert Gates: “the date of July 2011 to begin thinning our forces and transitioning the security responsibilities to the Afghans is a…”

I think appearances do matter.

I'm always hesitant to get Congress involved in a problem, because you usually end up with a solution you don't like. But the problem that the conferences, the athletic conferences, are facing now, they're all multi-state conferences. And…

I'm kind of pessimistic for the near term.

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