Strong relationships Quote by Robert M. Gates

““Blair had never been able to develop strong relationships at the White House, and I think the final straw was his single-handed attempt to negotiate an agreement with the French intelligence services limiting activities in each other’s country. The idea had zero support anywhere in the administration and, frankly, was considered kind of bizarre.””

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And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades.

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“Obama answered, “Yes. I’m no peacenik.”

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I had no difficulty as Secretary of Defense moving from the Bush administration to the Obama administration.

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