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

If he is careless with that awesome power, the United States could very well find itself in another world war.

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.

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

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.