LV Congressman Charlie Dent commended Gates as well. “I have a great deal of respect and admiration for Secretary Gates. I will certainly miss his counsel, wisdom and sage advice. Secretary Gates will be remembered as a powerful and effective leader, having guided the American military establishment through extremely difficult times, including wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, with dignity and grace. His ability to serve under Presidents from both political parties speaks volumes to his honest and dependable style of leadership. I thank Secretary Gates for his years of service to our nation and wish him an enjoyable retirement."
Gates' biggest worry is a decline in bipartisanship, as the right and left continue to go their separate ways on everything, including our own national security.
Leon Panetta, who is succeeding Gates, has a pretty good record of bipartisanship as well.
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Gates is a terrific government professional and a great American.
Bernie, I knew eventually you'd write a post I could completely agree with.
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Gates loved and respected our troops. They knew that and were always comforted to know that they had his suppport in more than just empty words. He was a frequent and welcome visitor to the troops in harms way. This raises morale and and encourages success in the field. Gates was a great leader, our men and women in uniform will miss him
Bipartisanship is not nearly as important as who is right.
Gates is a great public servent in the truest sense.Amid all the political turmoil has done a great job.The know it all politicians on both sides of the aisle should take note. Not
No, All comments and opinions are welcome, ESPECIALLY those that disagree with me. I will only delete personal attacks, and Geeting signs his name. I give hm credit for taking responsibility for what he writes, although he's really over the edge in most of his views.
John, Right is right...but getting good things done requires bipartisianship. Unfortunately being right when you serve in an elected capacity always matters, but only gets things done when you have enough support and can sell your ideas to enough people. To do that you also need folks to believe that you also need a solid character as well as credibility......and those are pretty rare things, for many reasons.
Excuse me...I meant to say:
To do that you also need a solid character as well as credibility......and those are pretty rare things, for many reasons.
Sorry for the typo.
Geeting is finally right about something. Bipartisanship is bullshit, an illusion. When the governing class agree, the governed usually suffer. Partisanship and gridlock provide a cooling saucer for issues that require more debate before consensus.
The system was set up with checks and ballances for a reason. We all don't like it sometimes, but I for one think it's the best sytem in the world.
Seamsu
Gates - a much better man than our joke of a president
Our President, a much better man than that joke, Zorn!
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