Leon Panetta: “They also need to understand that by trying to advance in the China Sea, they can't interfere with our ability to…”

Well, it certainly is concerning. You know, having been to the Munich conference a number of times, usually when a vice president or president goes to the Munich conference, he discusses the importance of security between the United States…

I recommend he take Reagan's position, which is trust, but verify.

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

It just -- it strikes me that what the chairman was trying to do perhaps was to try to send a wake-up call to both the Speaker and his Republican colleagues, that Russia still remains very much a threat to the United States.