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I don't engage in hypotheticals.

Leon Panetta

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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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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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Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the US military stands for.
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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.
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I don't usually comment on columnists' ideas of what I'm thinking. That's a dangerous game to get into.
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I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.
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