Leon Panetta: “I think this has been a probably the most disastrous foreign policy…”

On the recordOctober 20, 2019

I think this has been a probably the most disastrous foreign policy blunder in recent history.

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Panetta's assessment of the handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Syria.

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Leon Panetta: “I think this has been a probably the most disastrous foreign policy blunder in recent history.”