Leon Panetta: “Iraq is a sovereign country that, in its own interest, would be expected to resist efforts by any of its neighbors to…”

I never thought I would see that in my lifetime.

It is inexcusable not to do the proper planning that has to be done in order to make sure that their deployment is not overextended, that they’re getting the supplies they need, that they’re getting the support they need.

I don’t think there is any question that we are dealing with classified information.

It just -- it strikes me that what the chairman was trying to do perhaps was to try to send a wake-up call to both the Speaker and his Republican colleagues, that Russia still remains very much a threat to the United States.