Leon Panetta actually said...

I think we have a responsibility, obviously, to protect the strongest military in the world, and to help defend this country.

this is an area of principal focus.

I recognize that there's no one in this subcommittee that wants to hollow out the force or weaken our defense structure.

if we repeated the mistake of not paying for the war that we decide to engage in, whatever that might be, the result would be that you would...