Leon Panetta

I want to be clear that, obviously, any future security relationship in Iraq will be different from the one that we've had since 2003.

I want to thank you on their behalf for your dedication and for your support, particularly in a time of war.

The cost of sustaining the ANSFs will continue to outpace the Government of Afghanistan's near-term resourcing abilities.

I think from the very beginning the President's made clear that we will have an enduring presence there.

We are planning to remove all of our troops from Iraq by the end of the year.

We have communicated to Pakistan that it cannot pick and choose among extremists, that terrorism remains a common threat to both of our countries.

Strengthening the Iraqi Air Force is an essential element of the contribution to the enduring SFA (signed in 2008).

DOD continues to take dedicated action with regard to efficiencies in training programs.

We have a real conflict here.

I think both sides need to roll up their sleeves and get to work on this. It's tough. It's tough politically in both areas.

We do not have to make a choice between fiscal security and national security.

It is profoundly in the American national interest that it emerge as a strategic partner for the United States.

I have made very clear that we will do everything necessary to protect our forces.

Our relationship with Pakistan is both vital and consequential.

My goal is to make that risk acceptable.

Iraqi lawmakers expressed a desire for U.S. training and assistance beyond 2011.

The administration supports concluding a comprehensive and binding protocol to the Convention on CCW that addresses all aspects of cluster munitions.

While we have done much, particularly in the past 3 years, to degrade core al Qaeda in Pakistan, we must continue the pressure until the organization is operationally dismantled and then strategically defeated.

Our civilian and security-related assistance to Pakistan directly advances U.S. national interests in Pakistan, but that assistance is not unconditional.

I am committed to protecting the U.S. defense industrial base and our national security interests.

I think it is real. I think they are making an effort at trying to see if they can find a way to resolve the issues between Pakistan and India.

DOD must remain vigilant to best utilize resources.

DOD is actively supporting current DOS efforts to contact CCW High Contracting Parties to urge these states to seize the opportunity to conclude a new protocol regulating cluster munitions.

Our approach demonstrates strategic patience and long-term commitment.

The U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement will expire at the end of this year, so any potential relationship with the Iraqis will be different from the relationship we have had with Iraq since 2003.