Gates speaks to an audience at West Point.
Bob DreyfussQuote of the Day:
“Any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should ‘have his head examined,’ as General [Douglas] MacArthur so delicately put it.”
–Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaking on Feb. 25 to an audience at West Point.
Bob DreyfussBob Dreyfuss, a Nation contributing editor, is an independent investigative journalist who specializes in politics and national security.