Leon Panetta actually said...

What I'm saying is that Maliki was the kind of leader that you had to constantly put pressure on to direct him in the right direction.

Panetta discusses the need for pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to ensure cooperation with U.S. military presence.

10/06/2014

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sequestration would be "catastrophic" to our military and result in the loss of 1.5 million jobs

I think that combination does make clear that they're going to be able to govern and secure themselves at that point.

I would be very careful about, you know, just shutting it down.

So if we can do it for wounded warriors, I think we can reach out and do it for others as well that can be part of it.