Leon Panetta actually said...

Too often foreign-policy debates in America focus on issues such as how much military power should be deployed to the Middle East, whether the U.S. should provide arms to the Ukrainians, or what tougher economic sanctions should be imposed on Iran. Ignored is a powerful, nonlethal tool: America's abundance of oil and natural gas.

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Panetta emphasizes the importance of U.S. energy resources in foreign policy discussions.

06/22/2015

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