Leon Panetta: “It is my intention to keep Congress fully informed of U.S. nuclear deterrence strategy.”

Well, it should not have happened. I don’t care what excuses you want to use, it should not have happened.

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

It’s poor planning to wind up with your stockpiles of key weapons being depleted.

And ... we’re going to have to respond. And right now, because our missile systems and our supply of weapons being down, this is a vulnerable period for the United States.