Leon Panetta: “this is an area of the budget that's grown by 90 percent, and it consumes now close to half of the defense budget.”

I think it's a -- it is something we've got to pay attention to because I think this is a dangerous moment. If we're facing other lone wolf terrorists in this country.

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

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

I think it was Walter Mondale when he was asked about the legacy of the Carter administration, said something like, we told the truth, we followed the law and we preserve the peace.