No president is well-served by groupthink or by everybody singing from the same sheet of music they think he's on.
Robert M. GatesI didn't think this whole business with Director James Comey was handled well. So there are sort of day-to-day aspects of the operation that I think are really troublesome. And I know that there are a lot of people in the country who have lots of issues with decisions that Donald Trump has making on the domestic side.
Robert M. GatesI wish I could set deadlines for the Congress, but that's just not the way the Constitution is written.
Robert M. GatesIt has become clear that America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long - relative to what we spend on the military, and more important, relative to the responsibilities and challenges our nation has around the world.
Robert M. Gates