President Barack Obama played Afghanistan and Iraq policy as a political game, and didn’t even believe in his own decisions, blasts former Defense Secretary Robert Gates in an explosive new memoir. Gates, who served both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama has harsh critiques of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton as well. Newsmax has the details here. The WSJ has an excerpt and a compilation of the 10 biggest revelations.

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