Leon Panetta Quotes - Page 2

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• The reality is that the United States military alone cannot be all things to all nations. We will sharpen the application of our resources, better deploy our forces in the world and share our burdens more and more effectively with our partners. And frankly, all our allies need to do the same.

  Leon Panetta

  Military, Reality, Allies

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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.

  Leon Panetta

  Thinking, Korea, Issues

  "Panetta: 'Human Side' Makes Pentagon Cuts Tough". Interview with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. January 8, 2012.

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• The Taliban is resilient.

  Leon Panetta

  Resilient, Taliban

  National Press Club Speech and Q&A on Military Future, delivered 18 December 2012, Washington, D.C.

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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.

  Leon Panetta

  Iran, Community, United States

  "Defense Secretary Leon Panetta". "This Week" with Jake Tapper, abcnews.go.com. May 27, 2012.

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• The area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security.

  Leon Panetta

  Impact, Climate, Dramatic

  "Sickly Job Growth Sets Up Unhappy Choice for Obama" by Chris Stirewalt, www.foxnews.com. May 04, 2012.

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• Red lines are kind of political arguments that are used to try to put people in a corner.

  Leon Panetta

  People, Political, Trying

  "A Whole New Era". Interview with Lois Farrow Parshley, foreignpolicy.com. September 17, 2012.

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• My whole life has been dedicated to public service.

  Leon Panetta

  Public Service, Dedicated, Whole Life

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• There's no question that the main location of al Qaeda is in tribal areas of Pakistan.

  Leon Panetta

  Pakistan, Als, Location

  "CIA Director Leon Panetta: Serious Problems With Afghanistan War but Progress Being Made". "This Week" with Jake Tapper, abcnews.go.com. June 27, 2010.

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• 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.

  Leon Panetta

  Directors, Goes On, World

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• When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense budget, it affects almost every area in the defense budget.

  Leon Panetta

  Cutting, Dollars, Defense

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

  Leon Panetta

  Years, Issues, Regard

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• Russians understand strength, and if they feel that their opponents are weak, they will take advantage of it.

  Leon Panetta

  Opponents, Weak, Advantage

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We have throughout our history been tested when it comes to the institutions of our democracy. And thank God our forefathers were smart enough to establish a government of checks and balances to make sure that power cannot be centralized in any one branch of government. And those institutions have proven themselves.

  Leon Panetta

  Smart, Democracy, Balance

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I think it's extremely important that the president Donald Trump himself indicate that he too wants to discover the full truth behind what the Russians did to elections 2016.

  Leon Panetta

  Thinking, Important, President

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I think my best advice would be to separate Donald Trump, the president of the United States from whatever investigation is being conducted by the FBI. I mean, there is something to be said, frankly, about the need for the appointment of an independent prosecutor because the American people are entitled to have a full review of what happened as a result of what the Russians did during our election.

  Leon Panetta

  Mean, Independent, Thinking

  Source: www.npr.org

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• People elected Donald Trump because he acts decisively. He fired James Comey. He didn't fire the entire FBI. If there's something there, the FBI is going to continue to investigate it.

  Leon Panetta

  People, Fbi

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I think a quality that a national security adviser must have is the ability to set up procedures.

  Leon Panetta

  Thinking, Quality, Procedures

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• My experience is that the director of the FBI is particularly important to just how aggressive an investigation will be into an issue. And once you remove James Comey, it creates a vacuum at the top. And the fundamental issue will be whether or not there is support at the highest levels within the FBI to continue to conduct that investigation. That's going to be the question mark.

  Leon Panetta

  Support, Important, Aggressive

  Source: www.npr.org

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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.

  Leon Panetta

  Agency, Government, People

  "This Week" with Jake Tapper, abcnews.go.com. June 27, 2010.

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

  Leon Panetta

  Iran, World

  "Remarks by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta at the Saban Center with Q and A". israeled.org. December 02, 2011.

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• The terrorism from 9/11 has metastasized. It's metastasized in Iraq and Syria, in Nigeria, in Somalia, in Yemen and in other places in North Africa. We need a very comprehensive strategy to deal with that threat.

  Leon Panetta

  Iraq, Needs, Yemen

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Caution is an important quality in a leader, but it has to be caution followed by decision. Caution followed by ambivalence can be a weakness.

  Leon Panetta

  Decision, Leader, Important

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Obama really does recognize the threats that are out there; I think he understands the world. He understands the role of America in that troubled world.

  Leon Panetta

  Thinking, America, Doe

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Clearly, Russia has lied to the world about what's going on in Ukraine. They have clearly violated the cease-fire agreements.

  Leon Panetta

  Fire, Russia, Ukraine

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I have tremendous confidence in the ability of government institutions and the American people to do what is right to make sure that our democracy stays on the right track.

  Leon Panetta

  People, Track, Democracy

  Source: www.npr.org

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