Leon Panetta: “It is my intention to work with the military leadership to maintain a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent.”

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

But the facts speak for themselves.

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.

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.