Leon Panetta: “This is why Congress must do everything possible to make sure that we avoid sequestration.”

Make no mistake about it, that would be an act of war because it would threaten our national security.

Something, somebody, somewhere failed to do the proper planning for what had to take place in order to properly support our men and women in uniform.

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

The answer is no, not at all. Not in 100 years. These plans that the Pentagon develops, we -- we develop these plans to deal with every potential crisis that's out there.