Robert Gates actually said...

We should be able to secure our nation with a base budget of more than half a trillion dollars.

It is simply not reasonable to expect the defense budget to continue increasing at the same rate it has over the last number of years.

I think that the war in Afghanistan will end much as the war in Iraq has ended.

The Army also must confront the reality that the most plausible, high-end scenarios for the U.S. military are primarily naval and air engage...