Leon Panetta said...

We are going to maintain our force strength in Germany and elsewhere as part of our NATO commitment.

I'd like to believe it was an instance where his own conscience said, I've got to tell the American people the truth.

I think doing that would send a message that the United States is not going to simply look in the other direction while ...

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