03/18/2013
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Leon, from your first day in uniform until today, your dedicated service to America has spanned nearly 50 remarkable years."
"Now is the time to act, for Democrats and Republicans to come together in the same spirit that Leon Panetta always brought to public service."
"The most damaging effects of a sequester on the middle class are cuts to education."
"Let me be clear, those impacts would be severe and must not be allowed to occur."