SWJ Blog - Secretary Gates Addresses the Marine Corps Association.

I was privileged to be in attendance and consider it one of the most effective presentations I have ever heard. Secretary Gates was humorous, showed great humility, used historical examples effectively, offered some interesting thoughts on what we have leaned from the ongoing conflicts, and was sincerely moved when he talked about our losses on the battlefield. He gave me a glimmer of hope for recovery of our too long abused defense establishment.

--Lieutenant General Paul Van Riper (USMC Ret.)
Full transcript at the link...