Leon Panetta Quotes

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• In the zero-sum budget game, every dollar spent on this problem [illegal immigration] must be taken from somewhere else....No, we should not tolerate people immigrating…
• The most important thing we can do is prosecute the offenders, deal with those that have broken the law and committed this crime. And if…
• 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…
• If we don't do something to simplify the tax system, we're going to end up with a national police force of internal revenue agents.
• The potential for the next Pearl Harbor could very well be a cyber-attack,
• You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on,
• The consequence could be that we would have an escalation that would take place that would not only involve many lives, but I think it…
• The political and substantive reality is that the agenda has to change. I don't think they have any choice.
• The president is out there today trying to talk about health care, and the reality is nobody cares about what he's saying on health care…
• I want to reassert again the position of the United States that with regards to Iran, we will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear…
• 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…
• 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…
• The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past.
• The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and…
• The United States is going to defend itself under any circumstances.
• The United States was attacked on 9/11/12, and we know who attacked us.
• The United States will do whatever we have to do to protect our forces.
• There's no question that the main location of Al Qaida is in tribal areas of Pakistan.
• Throughout the 40 years I've been in Washington, I've always worked hard, particularly with regards to the budget issues.
• When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense budget, it affects almost every area in the defense budget.

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