I mean, when you get down to very low numbers of nuclear weapons, and you contemplate going to zero, how do you deal with the reality of that technology being available to almost any country that seeks to pursue it? And what conditions do you put in place? Robert M. Gates Read Quote
A wild and crazy weekend involves sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book. Robert M. Gates Read Quote
I had no difficulty as Secretary of Defense moving from the Bush administration to the Obama administration. Robert M. Gates Read Quote
I wish I could set deadlines for the Congress, but that’s just not the way the Constitution is written. Robert M. Gates Read Quote
I’ve seen, all too often in my career, people coming in to lead agencies and organizations and trying to impose change from the top down. Never works. You never have enough time. Robert M. Gates Read Quote
I will always be an advocate in terms of wars of necessity. I am just much more cautious on wars of choice. Robert M. Gates Read Quote
