Robert Gates actually said...

Without proper and predictable funding, no amount of reform or clever reorganization will provide America with a military capable of accompl...

I soon learned that the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks or months, not year...

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

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.