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I don't engage in hypotheticals.

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Leon Panetta
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: June 28
Former Director Of The Central Intelligence Agency
Lawyer
Political Scientist
Politician
Monterey
California
Leon Edward Panetta
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Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the US military stands for.
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The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past.
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I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.
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I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.
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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.
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I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.
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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 with Israel, and we have a rock solid commitment to the security of Israel and to the security of its citizens.
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The Taliban is resilient.
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I'm not big on commissions.
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Iran is isolating itself from the rest of the world.
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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.
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Red lines are kind of political arguments that are used to try to put people in a corner.
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Rising sea levels, severe draughts, the melting of the polar caps, the more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
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We are a nation at war. This is also a time for hard choices. It's about ensuring that we are able to prevail in the conflicts in which we are now engaged. But it's also about being able to be strong and disciplined in applying our nation's limited resources to defending America.
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The United States has to be a leader in the world, because the problem is: If we are not leading, nobody else will.
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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.
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