Robert Gates said...

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

By continuing to repeat that the U.S. will not put boots on the ground, the President, in effect, traps himself.

We want everything that's possible, and a lot of things that aren't possible, in a new system.

My concern is that I don't see an overreaching--or overriding strategy on the part of the United States with this comple...