Robert Gates: “I have a clear understanding of my responsibilities and authorities under both title 10 and title 50 of the United…”

I think part of the problem is that at the end of the Cold War, we were affected by triumphalism or hubris, whatever you want to call it.

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

Putin hasn't given up on any of his original goals in Ukraine.

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