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...Well, I was very specific in a couple of my meetings in looking at them point blank and saying, 'Haqqani and his people are killing my troops. I've got a problem with that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is Robert Gates Really Fighting For? | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

...such a spending cap were to extend to all discretionary government outlays (Obama would exempt national security), it would save only $10 billion in the next fiscal year, less than 1% of the budget. Nor is it likely that Congress will make much of a dent in the problem, at least not in the short term. (See 10 players in health care reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Douglas Elmendorf: The Numbers Man Whom D.C. Trusts — and Loathes | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

...court instead of a military one? Somehow the story got around that Gates had approved both decisions. When I asked Gates about it, he was cautious, saying the conclusion about what to do with the alleged bomber had already been made by the time he said he had no problem with it. Abdulmutallab has since begun cooperating with investigators. As for where he should be tried, Gates said, "I defer to the judgment of the Attorney General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is Robert Gates Really Fighting For? | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

...latter quality that has made Gates so valuable. He is a problem solver, a fixer and a loyal soldier. In Washington those qualities go a long way. For a long time now, the wise men in Washington have been the problem solvers, and the fixers have been regarded as sages. But the fixer is not the moral leader, the one who provides American policy with its purposes. It's worth remembering that what finally matters are the values and the principles he is fixing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is Robert Gates Really Fighting For? | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

...simple: remind voters of the mess the country is in and point the finger at his opponents. "Precisely while the orange government has been running the country, Ukraine gained one of the leading places in the world in terms of corruption," he told TIME in a recent interview. (The problem actually predates Yushchenko - Ukraine ranked 122nd in Transparency International's 2004 ratings.) "Since 2005, they have been accusing each other and members of their teams of corruption, an inability to manage the state properly and all other mortal sins," he added. "Not only are the Ukrainian people fed up with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Ukraine, the Death of the Orange Revolution | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

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