Leon Panetta: “The pace and scope of the drawdown should take into account security and other conditions on the ground.”

That’s too long, and it should have been brought back sooner.

Well, I think you saw a tragic and historic moment take place in the Oval Office, in which 80 years of United States foreign policy has largely been turned on its head.

The secretaries of defense feel that there have to be hearings to oversee just exactly what took place and what standard this administration is going to use.

Autocrats that once operated in their own spheres of influence have now joined together in an axis of mutual support and aggression.