Leon Panetta: “I am committed to maintaining an open dialogue with industry and increasing the transparency within which we operate to…”

Make no mistake about it, that would be an act of war because it would threaten our national security.

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

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

And ... we’re going to have to respond. And right now, because our missile systems and our supply of weapons being down, this is a vulnerable period for the United States.