Leon Panetta: “Last January, the Secretary of Defense announced the budget plan and said that the Active Army will be reduced by 72,000…”

What Trump is trying to do in order to convince Putin to come to the table is not going to work if Putin senses weakness on the part of the United States.

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.

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.

It’s poor planning to wind up with your stockpiles of key weapons being depleted.