Robert Gates actually said...

the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks or months--not years--was to take contr...

My staff and I have learned that it was nearly impossible to get accurate information and answers to questions such as, 'How much money did ...

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

My concern is, we don't have an overriding strategy on the part of the United States in this complex challenge over the next 20 to 30 years.