Leon Panetta said...

the President has to make very clear to Russia and to Putin that we will not tolerate this kind of behavior

I'd like to believe it was an instance where his own conscience said, I've got to tell the American people the truth.

He still is contagious. He's taking heavy medications. He's taking steroids. I mean, he really ought to be in an isolate...

I privately and publicly advocated for a residual force that could provide training and security for Iraq's military.