Robert Gates: “Iraq's ability to plan and conduct legitimate elections--to include the recently concluded provincial elections--is a…”

I'm kind of pessimistic for the near term.

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.

He's going to insist on occupying all four of the eastern provinces of the Donbas.

we always discover . . . that we [go] too far in cutting