Leon Panetta: “Steps I know are being taken to try to improve that intelligence capability.”

But the facts speak for themselves.

It is inexcusable not to do the proper planning that has to be done in order to make sure that their deployment is not overextended, that they’re getting the supplies they need, that they’re getting the support they need.

That’s too long, and it should have been brought back sooner.

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