Leon Panetta: “I remain hopeful that you will do the right thing with regards to sequester.”

And the problem is, we now realize that 80% of our THAADs are down, that our Patriots were down almost more than one half … and we’re down in our Stingers, we’re down with all of our critical missile systems at a time when there is a real…

It is inexcusable not to do the proper planning that has to be done in order to make sure that their deployment is not overextended, that they’re getting the supplies they need, that they’re getting the support they need.

I think America will be back fighting Iran again in a few years, no matter what happens now.

Well, it should not have happened. I don’t care what excuses you want to use, it should not have happened.