Leon Panetta actually said...

I think the United States has to, on a case-by-case basis, work with each of these countries to ensure that they reduce the violence, to ensure that they are recognizing some degree of universal rights, and that they are implementing economic and political reform.

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Panetta emphasizes the need for U.S. involvement in promoting rights and reforms in the Arab Spring.

02/14/2011

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