Comments on: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates’ Speech, September 29, 2008 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/secretary-of-defense-robert-m-gates-speech-september-29-2008.htm All things military history! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:45:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Gutierrez http://www.armchairgeneral.com/secretary-of-defense-robert-m-gates-speech-september-29-2008.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6696 Jennifer Gutierrez Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:41:03 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=4497#comment-6696 Has Obama approach any nominees for Secretary of defense? I'm Doing this a project for my english class. Thanks Has Obama approach any nominees for Secretary of defense? I’m
Doing this a project for my english class. Thanks

]]> By: Gary Chilcote http://www.armchairgeneral.com/secretary-of-defense-robert-m-gates-speech-september-29-2008.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6585 Gary Chilcote Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:54:02 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=4497#comment-6585 Excellent comments by Mr. Gates and I hope the next Adminstration and Congress take it's message to heart. Playing political football with defense procurement is one of the ills of the system that Secretary Gates cannot easily comment on but I can and I urge ACG readers to help make sure that their legislators in the next Congress get and understand Gates message. Excellent comments by Mr. Gates and I hope the next
Adminstration and Congress take it’s message to heart. Playing
political football with defense procurement is one of the ills of the
system that Secretary Gates cannot easily comment on but I can
and I urge ACG readers to help make sure that their legislators in
the next Congress get and understand Gates message.

]]> By: Jim Eaton http://www.armchairgeneral.com/secretary-of-defense-robert-m-gates-speech-september-29-2008.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6560 Jim Eaton Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:57:36 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=4497#comment-6560 Armchair General staff cannot respond here. Please read disclaimer just above this text box before posting. Secretary Gates' speech is the best articulation of the necessary changes that must be made within the military to meet current and future challenges. It squares with my own reading and the stories told by my son when he returned from Afghanistan. I am not optimistic that whomever wins the next election will find a new Secretary of Defense with a similar vision. Armchair General staff cannot respond here. Please read
disclaimer just above this text box before posting.

Secretary Gates’ speech is the best articulation of the necessary
changes that must be made within the military to meet current
and future challenges. It squares with my own reading and the
stories told by my son when he returned from Afghanistan.

I am not optimistic that whomever wins the next election will
find a new Secretary of Defense with a similar vision.

]]> By: Michael Peccolo http://www.armchairgeneral.com/secretary-of-defense-robert-m-gates-speech-september-29-2008.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6455 Michael Peccolo Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:27:37 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=4497#comment-6455 Spot on speech and would have greater impact if Gates would be around much longer than January. Very possible that by November he will know that he will be replaced. The tasks and challenges he has outlined may be just as formidible as those faced by General Abrams in Vietnam and there is no guarentee that he will succeed in changing those institutionalized systems. His comments on insurgency echo those found in the new book "Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare". Good luck to him. Spot on speech and would have greater impact if Gates would be around much longer than January. Very possible that by November he will know that he will be replaced. The tasks and challenges he has outlined may be just as formidible as those faced by General Abrams in Vietnam and there is no guarentee that he will succeed in changing those institutionalized systems. His comments on insurgency echo those found in the new book “Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare”. Good luck to him.

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