Robert Gates: “The SSN will be replaced on DOD ID cards by the DOD ID Number.”

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 you spend?' and, 'How many people do you have?'

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

I think we still have quite a bit of time, Chuck. I think there's still broad bipartisan support in the Congress for helping Ukraine.

This is a Department that principally plans for war. It is not organized to wage war, and that is what I am trying to fix.