Leon Panetta: “If you're going to be a chief of staff, you have to be a strong chief of staff.”

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.

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.

Autocrats that once operated in their own spheres of influence have now joined together in an axis of mutual support and aggression.

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