The secretaries of defense feel that there have to be hearings to oversee just exactly what took place and what standard this administration is going to use.
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Panetta calls for Congressional hearings regarding Trump's dismissal of military leaders, stressing the need for experienced and apolitical military leadership.
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I don`t think there`s any question that when you go from agency to agency and find out that key messages have been deleted, something`s going on here that resembles very clearly a conspiracy.
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.
The answer is no, not at all. Not in 100 years. These plans that the Pentagon develops, we -- we develop these plans to deal with every potential crisis that's out there.
The president, as commander in chief, has the power and responsibility to determine America’s future security.





