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Former defense secretary Robert Gates.

“I think that the biggest threat to our future sits in Washington, D.C., and not some place else. The rest of the problems of the world wouldn't worry me if we had a functional government and a Congress that could actually begin to address some of the longer-term problems.”
— Former defense secretary and CIA chief Robert Gates, speaking to Hearst media executives Monday night in New York City.
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