Leon Panetta Quotes

As a result of the kind of partisan trench warfare that's going on in Washington, the special interests on both sides basically drive the agendas based on those issues that increase their membership, and that's what's going on here. - Leon Panetta

An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals. - Leon Panetta

Al Qaeda still remains a threat. - Leon Panetta

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

[On Thursday, when the House was scheduled to vote, Regan called Minority leader Robert Michel of Illinois and promised to support the $ 211 million jobs program for the elderly in a future bill. Administration lobbyists also passed the word that the President would not fight for his extra $ 2 billion in defense funds in a subsequent measure. With those pledges, however, Reagan undercut his argument for vetoing the measure in the first place.] Why this charade? ... Why go through this process? - Leon Panetta

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