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Robert M. Gates | technology

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?

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leadership

Robert M. Gates | leadership

There is no international problem that can be addressed or solved without the engagement and leadership of the United States and everybody in the world knows that, its just fact of life. So sometimes I think we could conduct ourselves with a little more humility.

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leadership

Robert M. Gates | leadership

Well, I’ve ruffled a few feathers at all the institutions I’ve led. But I think that’s part of leadership.

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intelligence

Robert M. Gates | intelligence

When I was the director of Central Intelligence in the early ’90s, I tried to get the Air Force to partner with us in building drones. And they didn’t want to, because they had no pilots.

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health

Robert M. Gates | health

Health care costs are eating the Defense Department alive.

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freedom

Robert M. Gates | freedom

I have always that there ought to be some kind of mandatory national service, not necessarily in the military but to show everybody that freedom isn’t free, that everybody has an obligation to the nation as a community.

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alone

Quote from Robert M. Gates | alone

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