Quote of the Day

- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -

"At this point I should note that for the first time, both the United States secretary of state and secretary of defense have doctorates in Russian studies. A fat lot of good that's done us."
- DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT M. GATES, on evaporating hopes for closer ties with Russia

The speech that's taken from--at least as excerpted in this article--is REALLY good.