Mr. Panetta, are you aware that the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute has committed years of research and millions of dollars toward developing a very mature prophylactic radiation protection drug?

If the Iraqis ask us to provide some troops in 2012, Secretary Gates says he thinks that would be smart.

Have we had enough people in RC-East since December 2009 to have an effective counterinsurgency?

Mr. Panetta, in your opinion, are our Nation's first responders currently equipped with the best possible pre- and post-exposure radiation therapeutics?

I believe there are those who could have...

I believe that General Petraeus and all under his command--Admiral McRaven, all of your forces--have done a fantastic job of going from defense to offense.

One way to defeat radical Islam is to provide an education to young women and young men to give them the tools to fight back.

I think it would be a gross miscalculation on the Iranian part to believe that you can be involved in killing Americans and nothing comes your way.

If the Iraqi Government requested additional troops to remain in 2012 in Iraq, do you think it would be wise for us to agree to that request?

Do you agree with me that the Iranians are trying to develop a nuclear program, not for peaceful purposes?

The ultimate security is partnerships; partnerships with people in the region who, if they had the capability to marry up with their will, they would fight back against these radical elements.

Do you agree with me it would be in our national security interest to leave behind a military footprint that would have American air power available to the Afghan security forces and counterterrorism units to suppress the Taliban as far as…