Leon Panetta: “DOD's force structure changes drove both this proposal and the request for BRAC authorization.”

I think America will be back fighting Iran again in a few years, no matter what happens now.

Well, it should not have happened. I don’t care what excuses you want to use, it should not have happened.

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.