Robert Gates said...

I think part of the problem is that at the end of the Cold War, we were affected by triumphalism or hubris, whatever you...

the cost in treasure and in the blood of our young men and women is always far higher than if we had remained strong and...

He would be candid and honest, willing to tell the President straight from the shoulder what he needs to hear.

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