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Brookings Institution dinner (Washington, D.C.).(Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates)(Speech)
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May 5, 2008
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As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Washington, D.C., Monday, May 05, 2008
Thank you, Strobe.
It is an honor to be with so many distinguished guests and friends from different walks of American life.
As some of you know, I've been on the road for much of the past week, visiting Mexico and Fort Bliss in Texas.
So it's certainly good to be back in Washington--NOT.
They say Washington's a city of monuments. I have to say the most monumental things that I've seen in over 40 years are the egos of some of the people who work in this town. The most monumental ego I ever saw, as Secretary McNamara can probably attest, was the first president I ...