05/24/2011
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"All our economic progress could be put at risk."
"I'll always be grateful that you agreed to return to public service."
"Every action Leon Panetta has taken...has been with one goal in mind: taking care of our sons and our daughters in uniform and keeping America safe."
"It is important to the national security interests of the United States to waive the provisions of section 7040(a) of the Act."