Well, Israel, obviously, thinks of the Iranian nuclear program as an existential threat to Israel.
Robert M. GatesNo president is well-served by groupthink or by everybody singing from the same sheet of music they think he's on.
Robert M. GatesI read in the press, and therefore it must be true, that no secretary of defense had ever been quoted as arguing for a bigger budget for State.
Robert M. GatesI think, on the foreign policy side, that there is a need for disruption. We've had three administrations follow a pretty consistent policy toward North Korea, and it really hasn't gotten us anywhere.
Robert M. Gates