Robert Gates: “The July 2011 date is the date on which we begin to transfer authority and responsibility to Afghan security forces.”

Putin hasn't given up on any of his original goals in Ukraine.

I think it doesn't make strategic sense.

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.

I think there is a cost. I think it does provide a basis for radicalization in the region.