Leon Panetta actually said...

U.S. forces will redeploy from Iraq by the end of this year.

Panetta confirms the planned withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.

09/21/2011

More Leon Panetta Quotes

I think somehow we have to get back to that spirit of bipartisanship.

I do not think we should withdraw from leadership in the world. I think we have to be a world leader.

That message of strength will take us a long way toward making clear that Putin is going to pay a price for behaving the way he does.

I am a strong believer in the importance of our NATO relationship.