Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates greets President Barack Obama upon his arrival at the Pentagon for the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute to honor Gates, June 30, 2011. DOD photo by Cherie CullenGates Starts To Say What He Really Thinks -- Washington Post
Add former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to the list of retired top officials who see the current American political scene as dysfunctional and dangerous.
"As a result of several long-building, polarizing trends in American politics and culture, we have lost the ability to execute even the basic functions of government, much less solve the most difficult and divisive problems facing the country," Gates said last week at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia where he received that group's Liberty Medal.
He cited two causes worth considering.
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