Leon Panetta: “Anything you can do to try to make sure that these individuals are well-trained, do the job, and that we're not wasting…”

But the facts speak for themselves.

I think the House, both the Speaker, the Republicans, the Democrats, have to come together to now move this supplemental. It is critical to the message we send to the world about U.S. world leadership.

The message that went out from this meeting to the world is that United States credibility in dealing with our allies has taken a real hit.

Well, I think you saw a tragic and historic moment take place in the Oval Office, in which 80 years of United States foreign policy has largely been turned on its head.