Leon Panetta Quotes

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

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

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.

I don't usually comment on columnists' ideas of what I'm thinking. That's a dangerous game to get into.

Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed.

I don't think I should penalize people who were doing their duty.

I don't engage in hypotheticals.

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.

Al Qaeda still remains a threat.

When the president went around the table to the country's national security leadership, Hillary was clear: We have to go get bin Laden. And our Special Operations Forces did just that.