Leon Panetta actually said...

These conflicts have brought untold stresses and strains on our service members, and obviously on their families as well.

As a former Member of the House for 16 years, I really do believe that Congress must be a full partner in our efforts to protect the country...

We will look to procurement reforms and improve competition, cost control and delivery when examining modernization operating costs.

I am hopeful we can have bipartisan agreement on that.