revelations concern joe biden and hillary clinton. gates writes that vice president biden, quote, has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades, end quote. he praises secretary clinton in many ways but notes a conversation in which she said she opposed the iraq troop surge in 2007 for blatantly political reasons. the question i ask you is don't you find -- assuming gates is not making it up it is a little disconcerting on an issue of life and death when we go to risk the lives taking on a tactical political decision. when did she say this? how did she say this? was this given in confidence? it is easy to say she said this. do we have the notes of the