The budget numbers that we have projected for the next 10 years and that Secretary Panetta and General Dempsey had to live under were passed by this Congress.
Leon Panetta: “The budget numbers that we have projected for the next 10 years and that Secretary Panetta and General Dempsey had to…”
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Panetta highlights that the current budget was approved by Congress.
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Well, it certainly is concerning. You know, having been to the Munich conference a number of times, usually when a vice president or president goes to the Munich conference, he discusses the importance of security between the United States…
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.
The answer is no, not at all. Not in 100 years. These plans that the Pentagon develops, we -- we develop these plans to deal with every potential crisis that's out there.
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