The real issue is whether or not a summit can be successful or whether it is going to be a failure.
Leon Panetta: “The real issue is whether or not a summit can be successful or whether it is going to be a failure.”
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Leon Panetta expresses concern about the focus on whether the summit will happen rather than its potential success.
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