Leon Panetta: “I think this country is at its weakest when we send mixed messages abroad as to what our policy is.”

The president, as commander in chief, has the power and responsibility to determine America’s future security.

What Trump is trying to do in order to convince Putin to come to the table is not going to work if Putin senses weakness on the part of the United States.

I think we have to take this intelligence assessment as a real threat to NATO.

it's shaping up to be “Trump’s Vietnam,”