Robert Gates: “if the supplemental is not enacted by the July 4th congressional recess, we will have to begin planning to curtail…”

This is basically the responsibility of the president to educate people about why this is necessary.

I think the only thing I would've said is that a lot of this could've been done sooner.

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

it's a terrible way to budget. I mean, it is a gimmick.