A roundup of Tweets from Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates Politico Cocktail event Thursday.
Storified by Marina Cracchiolo · Mon, Jan 20 2014 20:21:06
#RobertGates: suspicious of pencils. #playbookcocktails
POLITICO's @mikeallen chats with former Defense Secretary Robert Gates on policy and his new book http://t.co/1SrBZgjsxy #PlaybookCocktails
Hi @suzannedimaggio Hidden gem last night at #playbookcocktails was ex Sec Gates response on #Iran w/ @MikeAllen CC @lrozen #Duty
Wow Gates: We're going on 3 generations of Kim and with each one we're swimming shallower and shallower in the gene pool #playbookcocktails
Bob Gates says history is one of the worst taught classes in school. Yeah, because it's all taught by coaches in HS! #playbookcocktails
3 axioms for a democracy going to war: never fight unless you have to; never fight alone; never fight for long. #SecGates #playbookcocktails
Robert Gates fires back at Harry Reid criticism of book, @philewing reports: http://t.co/HVdkeM8y8a #PlaybookCocktails
Bob Gates on history: It's "probably one of the worst taught subjects in high school and college." #playbookcocktails
despite washington being so difficult, gates said he "made it work" #playbookcocktails
Sorry guys, but Washington will never "work" #playbookcocktails
Gates on NSA: says it seems like critics are "waiting for a civilian clone" as response to civil liberties concerns. #PlaybookCocktails
Sec gates says suppressing impatience, persuading congress, and united executive are critical to success in Washington #playbookcocktails
Gates: "for all my frustrations, I made [Washington] work" #PlaybookCocktails @politico
Gates on NSA: says it seems like critics are "waiting for a civilian clone" as response to civil liberties concerns. #PlaybookCocktails
Gates has one of the best senses of humor I've observed of cabinet officials #playbookcocktails