Leon Panetta actually said...

I think what should be said to the administration, take the same approach that you are using against one adversary, Iran, and apply exactly ...

the policymaking process in the White House and the policies they actually derive there are simply indefensible, cannot be defended.

When we are together, when we are working together, there is no country stronger than the United States of America.

I find it really difficult... that the President needs to speak to this issue to Putin and to the country about this possibility.