Leon Panetta: “The U.S. Government has worked to train, equip, organize, and support African partner forces to counter shared threats.”

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.

I think we have to take this intelligence assessment as a real threat to NATO.

I never thought I would see that in my lifetime.

I think the United States ought to be part and parcel of any agreement to be able to provide a security assurance to make sure that Ukraine is protected from the kind of invasion that we've seen from Russia.