Robert Gates: “America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far…”

I think it would be a very heavy political lift for the president to say he's going to cut off military supplies to Israel unless they stop in Gaza.

Putin feels that he has a destiny to recreate the Russian Empire.

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

I think that it's still a problem for the Saudis.