Robert Gates said...

There's absolutely no way we can maintain a credible deterrent and reduce the number of weapons in our stockpile without...

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

This is a Department that principally plans for war. It is not organized to wage war, and that is what I am trying to fi...

Secretary Gates told President Bush that Guantanamo was a national security liability and advised him to close it down.