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Leon Panetta: If they see that we are going to come down from 1,500 to some number in the low to middle hundreds, it does nothing but…

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
If they see that we are going to come down from 1,500 to some number in the low to middle hundreds, it does nothing but encourage our enemies and discourage our friends.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

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Panetta expresses concern about military reductions encouraging enemies.

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