Leon Panetta: “It appears to me that we have reached a point in the campaign where a responsible drawdown in U.S. forces is possible.”

And the problem is, we now realize that 80% of our THAADs are down, that our Patriots were down almost more than one half … and we’re down in our Stingers, we’re down with all of our critical missile systems at a time when there is a real…

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

Something, somebody, somewhere failed to do the proper planning for what had to take place in order to properly support our men and women in uniform.

It is inexcusable not to do the proper planning that has to be done in order to make sure that their deployment is not overextended, that they’re getting the supplies they need, that they’re getting the support they need.