Leon Panetta actually said...

I do not see the administration coming up and saying, we may not have been as active as we could have been during the supercommittee time period in which we could have prevented sequestration.

Context

Panetta expresses frustration over the administration's lack of action to prevent sequestration.

02/07/2012

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