Leon Panetta: “I will ensure that future spending decisions are based on the Department's priorities, national security strategy, and a…”

The president, as commander in chief, has the power and responsibility to determine America’s future security.

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.

And the problem is, we now realize that 80% of our THAADs are down, that our Patriots were down almost more than one half … and we’re down in our Stingers, we’re down with all of our critical missile systems at a time when there is a real…

The message that went out from this meeting to the world is that United States credibility in dealing with our allies has taken a real hit.