Leon Panetta actually said...

My view is that we need a Marine presence that is forward. I do not want to draw that Marine presence back to this country. I think it has t...

We are trying to make decisions. This is an issue, as you know, that has been out there for a long time; and we just think it is time to try...

Clearly, our goal here was to not only maintain but to strengthen our presence in the Pacific.

We have got to get our command structure to be a lot more sensitive about these issues.