Leon Panetta said...

I'd like to believe it was an instance where his own conscience said, I've got to tell the American people the truth.

The problem is this president has had a hard time with the truth since he entered the presidency.

I think it's very difficult to try to understand what is the overall strategy of this administration in the Middle East....

the President has to make very clear to Russia and to Putin that we will not tolerate this kind of behavior