Leon Panetta quotes - page 2

When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense budget, it affects almost every area in the defense budget. (Leon Panetta)
Al Qaeda still remains a threat. View quote
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China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area. View quote
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My whole life has been dedicated to public service. View quote
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It doesn't make a lot of sense for us to borrow money from the Chinese to go give to another country for humanitarian aid. We ought to get the Chinese to take care of the people. View quote
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I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people. View quote
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The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. View quote
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Red lines are kind of political arguments that are used to try to put people in a corner. View quote
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I don't think there's any question that America is safer as a result of the bin Laden operation. View quote
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These days, it takes only seconds - seconds - for a picture, a photo, to suddenly become an international headline. View quote
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Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head. (Leon Panetta)
I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions. View quote
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The political and substantive reality is that the agenda has to change. I don't think they have any choice. View quote
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Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided. View quote
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If you're a terrorist, you're a terrorist. View quote
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Well look, CIA is an agency that has to collect intelligence, do operations. We have to take risks and it's important that we take risks and that we know that we have the support of the government and we have the support of the American people in what we're doing. View quote
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When you're smaller and leaner, you're not going to have that large a presence throughout the world. View quote
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We are a nation at war. This is also a time for hard choices. It's about ensuring that we are able to prevail in the conflicts in which we are now engaged. But it's also about being able to be strong and disciplined in applying our nation's limited resources to defending America. View quote
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The potential for the next Pearl Harbor could very well be a cyber-attack. View quote
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The United States has to be a leader in the world, because the problem is: If we are not leading, nobody else will. View quote
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I want you and the people of Israel to know a few things that have not and will not change. The United States stands firmly with Israel, and we have a rock solid commitment to the security of Israel and to the security of its citizens. (Leon Panetta)
My impression is that Putin feels that he can basically manipulate the West to do what he ultimately wants to achieve, and that he feels he's gotten away with it so far, and that all he has to do is basically play the same game. View quote
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One of the principal qualities that you need as national security adviser is trust, the trust of the president. And that depends on truth and it depends on honesty. View quote
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The White House was so eager to rid itself of Iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve our influence and interests. View quote
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Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the US military stands for. View quote
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