Gates' Epiphany -- A Commentary

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

From Human Events:

When President Obama announced his National Security Team of Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates and James Jones, we were a bit apprehensive. And that apprehension was, unfortunately, proven justified when Gates announced his 2010 budget on April 6, 2009.

The 2010 budget is so different from earlier budgets Defense Secretary Gates helped draft and push through Congress during the last Bush years that we had to wonder: did he have some sort of revelation in which it was revealed to him that the threats to the United States had been vastly reduced?

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My Comment: This commentary takes the shine off Robert Gate's halo. Expect more in the next few weeks.

Update: Commentary: A misguided quest to reform the Pentagon -- McClatchy News