Robert Gates actually said...

I fully expect to have 535 pieces of legislation before this is over, saying, 'Not in my district. Not in my State.'

Gates anticipates legislative pushback against closing Guantanamo.

04/29/2009

More Robert Gates Quotes

the goals we did have for Afghanistan are too broad and too far into the future.

There is no purely military solution in Afghanistan.

we need more concrete goals that can be achieved realistically within 3 to 5 years.

President Obama has made it clear that the Afghanistan theater should be our top overseas military priority.