Robert Gates: “Each defense budget decision is zero sum.”

I think we still have quite a bit of time, Chuck. I think there's still broad bipartisan support in the Congress for helping Ukraine.

He wants Ukraine, basically, to be a client state of Russia.

He is deeply knowledgeable about the international scene and geopolitics.

Without proper and predictable funding, no amount of reform or clever reorganization will provide America with a military capable of accomplishing the missions it's assigned to.