Leon Panetta actually said...

I think we have a responsibility, obviously, to protect the strongest military in the world, and to help defend this country.

Panetta emphasizes the need to maintain military strength while addressing budget cuts.

03/06/2012

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The U.S. Government has worked to train, equip, organize, and support African partner forces to counter shared threats.

The U.S. military's alert posture is based on specific and credible intelligence.

No. We're not scrapping that. Our intent is obviously to continue working on that.

There was no question in my mind that this was a terrorist attack.