Leon Panetta actually said...

But to not learn from that experience 10 years later and figure out a way to spend that money, that would be a betrayal of our job and of the job of the people in the Pentagon.

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Panetta emphasizes the need to learn from past military spending mistakes.

02/14/2012

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