Leon Panetta: “Reductions in the civilian workforce are correlated to workload and mission prioritization.”

I think the United States ought to be part and parcel of any agreement to be able to provide a security assurance to make sure that Ukraine is protected from the kind of invasion that we've seen from Russia.

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

I think it was Walter Mondale when he was asked about the legacy of the Carter administration, said something like, we told the truth, we followed the law and we preserve the peace.

Make no mistake about it, that would be an act of war because it would threaten our national security.