“The President as Commander in Chief is responsible for the safety of our soldiers.”
Yep. Many of us could see months ago that something like this was likely to happen- the administration cared more about trying to boost Obama’s poll numbers by making a big public show about the kill, instead of doing the sound thing and taking credit, but leaving out the details that nobody in the public needed to know.
I believe Gates will leave us "facts" and "truths"...but this is not the time because we have troops to protect and the enemy needs no "The USA is Wrong" news.
Gates was p***** about us going into Libya, too.