Leon Panetta: “We have not won. We have not completed this mission. But I do believe we are in the process of making significant…”

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

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

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.

Mr. Trump has always prided himself on being a dealmaker, pledging in his campaign that he would resolve such conflicts in the first few days of his presidency.