Robert Gates: “We think that the North Koreans already have them.”

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

Putin feels that he has a destiny to recreate the Russian Empire.

The President does not like having countervailing opinions, he does not like being disagreed with.

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.