I am a big believer in language training and getting our people equipped with the ability not only to speak the language, but to understand the culture of the countries that we are dealing with.
Leon Panetta: “I am a big believer in language training and getting our people equipped with the ability not only to speak the…”
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Panetta emphasizes the importance of language training for national defense.
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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.
The answer is no, not at all. Not in 100 years. These plans that the Pentagon develops, we -- we develop these plans to deal with every potential crisis that's out there.
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…
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.





