On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
Our goal is to complete all of the transition to a training, advisory, and assistance role in 2013.
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congress.govOur goal is to complete all of the transition to a training, advisory, and assistance role in 2013.
Panetta outlines the goal for U.S. military transition in Afghanistan.
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I don't like the idea that former soldiers who served well, uh, at least during the time they spent in the military, uh, that somehow there was something that happened that then turned them into terrorists.
You know, Erin, as CIA director, I had an awful lot of intelligence on Putin and his background, and his trustworthiness. And the bottom line is that it was clear that we could never trust Putin's word.
And that is the danger here: that rather than bringing peace, it's going to bring more war.
I think we have to take this intelligence assessment as a real threat to NATO.