Leon Panetta: “This outcome was never certain, especially during the war's darkest days. You came to this land between the rivers…”

And ... we’re going to have to respond. And right now, because our missile systems and our supply of weapons being down, this is a vulnerable period for the United States.

I think it was Walter Mondale when he was asked about the legacy of the Carter administration, said something like, we told the truth, we followed the law and we preserve the peace.

I think the United States ought to be part and parcel of any agreement to be able to provide a security assurance to make sure that Ukraine is protected from the kind of invasion that we've seen from Russia.

Well, it should not have happened. I don’t care what excuses you want to use, it should not have happened.