Leon Panetta said...

We have to have a presence there in order to protect our own interests and to work with other countries in that area.

Panetta stresses the importance of U.S. presence in East Asia for national interests.

02/14/2011

More Leon Panetta Quotes

We are going to maintain our force strength in Germany and elsewhere as part of our NATO commitment.

I think developing alliances is the key to our ability to respond to a number of flashpoints in the world.

We are making a big mistake if we just suddenly pull out all of our forces out of Afghanistan

When we are together, when we are working together, there is no country stronger than the United States of America.