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.
From Leon Panetta
Throughout the 40 years I've been in Washington, I've always worked hard, particularly with regards to the budget issues.
When you're smaller and leaner, you're not going to have that large a presence throughout the world.
I'm not big on commissions.
My whole life has been dedicated to public service.
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.
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.
I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.
Red lines are kind of political arguments that are used to try to put people in a corner.
The United States was attacked on 9/11/12, and we know who attacked us.
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