I think the United States ought to be part and parcel of any agreement to be able to provide a security assurance to make sure that Ukraine is protected from the kind of invasion that we've seen from Russia.
Panetta emphasizes the importance of the U.S. participating in a NATO agreement to secure Ukraine against Russian invasion.
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You have my commitment to work on this in a systemic way and a bipartisan way because it shouldn't matter who sits in this seat.
That just adds to the concern because now, you've got former president of the United States inviting Putin to attack another NATO country if they aren't somehow fulfilling their 2 percent pledge, it's crazy.
I think it's a -- it is something we've got to pay attention to because I think this is a dangerous moment. If we're facing other lone wolf terrorists in this country.
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