Leon Panetta: “I want to close by cautioning strongly against further cuts to defense, and for that matter, to other discretionary…”

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

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

But the facts speak for themselves.

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