Robert Gates: “The President and I need your help, as all of us together do what is best for America as a whole in making those…”

Development is a lot cheaper than sending soldiers.

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

I'm always hesitant to get Congress involved in a problem, because you usually end up with a solution you don't like. But the problem that the conferences, the athletic conferences, are facing now, they're all multi-state conferences. And…

He is deeply knowledgeable about the international scene and geopolitics.