Defense Secretary Gate's Landon Lecture at K-State.

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I thought it was a near perfect speech. Also, I was happy that my 16 year old daughter, from Manhattan High School, was in the audience; and toward the end of the speech, Secretary Gates challenged the youth. She was very excited when she came home. Anyway, it was an interesting speech in which the SECDEF was asking the appropriations folks to spend money elsewhere. He seems to be an honest and unassuming guy. I still think the DoD should have an increased role in SC. Of course this would be, as I have said, in conjunction with all of the agencies the Secretary of Defense mentioned. Unfortunately, specious arguments like the one in the article below work against this role.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1830500.stm