Leon Panetta

It is inexcusable not to do the proper planning that has to be done in order to make sure that their deployment is not overextended, that they’re getting the supplies they need, that they’re getting the support they need.

That’s too long, and it should have been brought back sooner.

Something, somebody, somewhere failed to do the proper planning for what had to take place in order to properly support our men and women in uniform.

Well, it should not have happened. I don’t care what excuses you want to use, it should not have happened.

And the problem is, we now realize that 80% of our THAADs are down, that our Patriots were down almost more than one half … and we’re down in our Stingers, we’re down with all of our critical missile systems at a time when there is a real…

It’s poor planning to wind up with your stockpiles of key weapons being depleted.

I think we have to take this intelligence assessment as a real threat to NATO.

And ... we’re going to have to respond. And right now, because our missile systems and our supply of weapons being down, this is a vulnerable period for the United States.

it's shaping up to be “Trump’s Vietnam,”

I think America will be back fighting Iran again in a few years, no matter what happens now.

It's shaping up to be 'Trump's Vietnam.'

The facts have to be presented to the American people, and it's the American people who will judge what is right or wrong.

I don’t think there is any question that we are dealing with classified information.

Somebody needs to get fired.

He's in business with China as you mentioned, half of the Teslas that are made are made in China. His fate depends a great deal on what happens with China and his ability to gain access to that kind of information is the kind of thing that…

The answer is no, not at all. Not in 100 years. These plans that the Pentagon develops, we -- we develop these plans to deal with every potential crisis that's out there.

I think it's pretty clear that that Mr. Trump has turned 80 years of U.S. foreign policy on its head.

And that is the danger here: that rather than bringing peace, it's going to bring more war.

What Trump is trying to do in order to convince Putin to come to the table is not going to work if Putin senses weakness on the part of the United States.

Well, I think you saw a tragic and historic moment take place in the Oval Office, in which 80 years of United States foreign policy has largely been turned on its head.

I never thought I would see that in my lifetime.

The message that went out from this meeting to the world is that United States credibility in dealing with our allies has taken a real hit.

You know, Erin, as CIA director, I had an awful lot of intelligence on Putin and his background, and his trustworthiness. And the bottom line is that it was clear that we could never trust Putin's word.

I recommend he take Reagan's position, which is trust, but verify.