Leon Panetta: “I feel very good about our capabilities in terms of defending our systems with the help of the National Security Agency…”

I don't like the idea that former soldiers who served well, uh, at least during the time they spent in the military, uh, that somehow there was something that happened that then turned them into terrorists.

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

It’s poor planning to wind up with your stockpiles of key weapons being depleted.

The secretaries of defense feel that there have to be hearings to oversee just exactly what took place and what standard this administration is going to use.