there is no question in my mind that the United States is the fundamental leader right now in the world in a number of ways, and having the military strength to back up that kind of leadership is very important.
Panetta asserts the U.S. leadership role and the importance of military strength.
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I think we have to take this intelligence assessment as a real threat to NATO.
And that is the danger here: that rather than bringing peace, it's going to bring more war.
If he is careless with that awesome power, the United States could very well find itself in another world war.
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