Leon Panetta: “I think both sides need to roll up their sleeves and get to work on this. It's tough. It's tough politically in both…”

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.

The facts have to be presented to the American people, and it's the American people who will judge what is right or wrong.

Mr. Trump has always prided himself on being a dealmaker, pledging in his campaign that he would resolve such conflicts in the first few days of his presidency.

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.