Robert Gates, the U.S. Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011, said Thursday that he would not be comfortable if Donald Trump had control over the launch codes for nuclear weapons.
Gates sounded off on the presumptive Republican presidential candidate during a wide-ranging interview with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric in New York.
“Would you feel comfortable with his proverbial finger on the nuclear button?” Couric asked.
Gates, who also served as director of the CIA in the early ‘90s, took a deep breath before answering:
“Right now? No. But the question is does he moderate his views on national security issues going forward? Does he begin to have some more informed views about the complexities of some of these issues, some of the challenges that we face? And who does he choose as his advisors? If all of those things turned out in a positive way, then my concerns would be significantly reduced.”
He said the right temperament is perhaps the most important quality for a president. When pressed, he declined to comment on whether Trump or likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would be a better choice based on this criterion.Read the full story HERE.
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3 comments:
Gates is a Democrat, who worked for Obama and is angling for a job with Hillary.
Prove it.
So GW Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld hired a Democrat to run their military?
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