That brings me to my greatest concern right now as Secretary and, frankly, the greatest security risk we are facing as a Nation, which is budget uncertainty, which could prompt the most significant military readiness crisis in more than a decade.
Panetta highlights budget uncertainty as a major national security risk.
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I think it's pretty clear that that Mr. Trump has turned 80 years of U.S. foreign policy on its head.
I don’t think there is any question that we are dealing with classified information.
What Trump is trying to do in order to convince Putin to come to the table is not going to work if Putin senses weakness on the part of the United States.
The answer is no, not at all. Not in 100 years. These plans that the Pentagon develops, we -- we develop these plans to deal with every potential crisis that's out there.
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