Leon Panetta: “Given the fact that rare earth elements are a critical component of our defense capability, availability of these…”

Make no mistake about it, that would be an act of war because it would threaten our national security.

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

And the problem is, we now realize that 80% of our THAADs are down, that our Patriots were down almost more than one half … and we’re down in our Stingers, we’re down with all of our critical missile systems at a time when there is a real…

I recommend he take Reagan's position, which is trust, but verify.