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Secretary of robert gates who was a republican who said development programs contribute to stability and could eliminate the need for u.s. soldiers to go in a bad situation town the road. as he put it, development is a lot cheaper than sending soldiers. >> back now with jen psaki who once served as state department spokesperson and jeffrey lord. i've been in afghanistan many times out with marines. a lot of what they're doing is development work, going to villages, meeting with elders. it's work that the state department was supposed to be doing and never got around to it, the level it was sup...

Anderson? >> back now with jen psaki who once served as state department spokesperson and jeffrey lord. it's interesting. i've been in afghanistan many times out with marines. a lot of what they're doing is development work, going to villages, meeting with elders. it's work that the state department was supposed to be doing and never got around to it, the level it was supposed to happen in afghanistan. and since you hear general mattis say if you don't have diplomats, you got to buy more ammunition. >> that's exactly right. secretary gates used to make the argument when he was with president o...