Robert Gates actually said...

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

My staff and I have learned that it was nearly impossible to get accurate information and answers to questions such as, 'How much money did ...

My concern is, we don't have an overriding strategy on the part of the United States in this complex challenge over the next 20 to 30 years.

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