Leon Panetta: “I think it needs to be a very tough message. We are the ones who have shown that we're willing to back up our word with…”

It’s poor planning to wind up with your stockpiles of key weapons being depleted.

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.

You know, Erin, as CIA director, I had an awful lot of intelligence on Putin and his background, and his trustworthiness. And the bottom line is that it was clear that we could never trust Putin's word.

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