Leon Panetta: “I think developing alliances is the key to our ability to respond to a number of flashpoints in the world.”

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.

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

Autocrats that once operated in their own spheres of influence have now joined together in an axis of mutual support and aggression.

I think America will be back fighting Iran again in a few years, no matter what happens now.