Robert Gates said...

the way the things ought to operate is that if there is a sense on the Hill, a majority view, that the budget needs to b...

So there will be boots on the ground if there is to be any hope of success in the strategy.

Fundamentally reforming our export control system is necessary for national security.

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