Leon Panetta said...

We made a promise to United States citizens who are in Afghanistan, and to the Afghans who fought alongside of us that w...

I worry, you know, that we have sent a signal. I mean, when I have gone abroad, our NATO allies are very concerned about...

We owe them every step necessary to help protect their lives.

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