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" After every major conflict - World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the fall of the Soviet Union - what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep across-the-board cuts. "

Leon Panetta

World

Deep

Conflict

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" We either believe in the dignity of the individual, the rule of law, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, or we don't. There is no middle ground. "

" I think what both Republicans and Democrats need to do and the leaders on both sides is to recognize that if sequester takes place, it would be disastrous for our national defense and very frankly for a lot of very important domestic programs. They have a responsibility to come together, find the money necessary to de-trigger sequester. "

" The United States, and the president's made this clear, does not want Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. That's a red line for us. And it's a red line obviously for the Israelis so we share a common goal here. "

Leon Panetta

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" When you're smaller and leaner, you're not going to have that large a presence throughout the world. "

" The United States will do whatever we have to do to protect our forces. "

" The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past. "

" One demonstration of extremists, any more than a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in the United States, is not necessarily reflective of what the rest of the country feels. "

Leon Panetta

Country

Rest

" If the Iraqis fail to implement the reforms, if they fail to get a handle on the violence, there's nothing the United States can do, militarily or otherwise, that can solve those problems. They have to assume the primary responsibility to govern themselves. "

" Rather than undermining the Palestinian Authority, it is in Israel's interests to strengthen it by... continuing to transfer Palestinian tax revenues and pursuing other avenues of cooperation. "

" I don't engage in hypotheticals. "

Leon Panetta

Engage

" 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. "

" I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened. We have not seen them able to conduct any kind of organized attack to regain any territory that they've lost. We've seen levels of violence going down. "

" Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed. "

" Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific. "

" Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time. "

" Iran's continued drive to develop nuclear capabilities, including troubling enrichment activities and past work on weaponization documented by the IAEA, and its continued support to groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist organizations make clear that the regime in Tehran is a very grave threat to all of us. "

Leon Panetta

Work

Drive

" Iran is isolating itself from the rest of the world. "

" You know, one thing I've learned over 40 years is that when you have jobs in Washington, you do it day by day and that's what I'm doing as secretary of defense. "

" Winning in Afghanistan is having a country that is stable enough to ensure that there is no safe haven for Al Qaida or for a militant Taliban that welcomes Al Qaida. That's really the measure of success for the United States. "

" Throughout the 40 years I've been in Washington, I've always worked hard, particularly with regards to the budget issues. "

" I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world. "

" You know, as director of the CIA, I got an awful lot of intelligence about all the horrible things that could go on across the world. "

" She is smart. She is principled. She is tough, and she is ready. Hillary is the single most experienced and prepared person who has ever run for president. "