Leon Panetta: “I share Secretary Gates' view that the 'protection of the United States from the threat of ballistic missile attack is a…”

I think America will be back fighting Iran again in a few years, no matter what happens now.

I don’t think there is any question that we are dealing with classified information.

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.

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.