Robert Gates faults Congress for 'crisis on my doorstep'

Friday, January 28, 2011

OTTAWA, Canada -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates is accusing Congress of dumping a "crisis on my doorstep" by holding the Pentagon to last year's spending levels and creating a potential $23 billion gap that could weaken a wartime military.

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