Robert Gates actually said...

We are not an occupation force. Afghans must take primary responsibility for defending their own country.

Stressing the need for Afghan self-reliance in national defense.

12/01/2009

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The same answer holds true for New START: the United States is far better off with this treaty than without it.

The U.S. Senate has always agreed, approving each treaty by lopsided, bipartisan margins.

the Russians have hated missile defense ever since the strategic arms talks began, in 1969.

that's exactly right.