On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
The killing of Osama bin Laden was a great victory, but our mission in Afghanistan is to ensure that it can never again become a staging area for terrorist attacks against the American Homeland.
Source
congress.govLeon Panetta: “The killing of Osama bin Laden was a great victory, but our mission in Afghanistan is to ensure that it can never again…”
Editor's note · Context
Panetta outlines the ongoing mission in Afghanistan despite bin Laden's death.
Share
More from Leon Panetta
Jan 20, 2025
The president, as commander in chief, has the power and responsibility to determine America’s future security.
Aug 9, 2026
I think we have to take this intelligence assessment as a real threat to NATO.
Aug 9, 2026
And the problem is, we now realize that 80% of our THAADs are down, that our Patriots were down almost more than one half … and we’re down in our Stingers, we’re down with all of our critical missile systems at a time when there is a real…
Aug 9, 2026
Well, it should not have happened. I don’t care what excuses you want to use, it should not have happened.
Other voices in this conversation
