Leon Panetta: “Sequestration cuts would do catastrophic damage to our military, hollowing out the force and degrading its ability to…”

Well, it should not have happened. I don’t care what excuses you want to use, it should not have happened.

That’s too long, and it should have been brought back sooner.

It is inexcusable not to do the proper planning that has to be done in order to make sure that their deployment is not overextended, that they’re getting the supplies they need, that they’re getting the support they need.

But the facts speak for themselves.