Robert Gates: “we are putting our money where our beliefs are.”

No more continuing resolutions.

the real problem with United States policy in the Middle East is the lack of a clear strategy.

the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks or months--not years--was to take control of the problem myself through special task forces and ad hoc processes.

This is basically the responsibility of the president to educate people about why this is necessary.