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Red lines are kind of political arguments that are used to try to put people in a corner.
Leon Panetta
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Leon Panetta
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: June 28
Former Director Of The Central Intelligence Agency
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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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We either believe in the dignity of the individual, the rule of law, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, or we don't. There is no middle ground.
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I'm not big on commissions.
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I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.
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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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Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed.
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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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The one thing that I remember from all of my intelligence briefings and my dealings with the Russians is that when you deal with the Russians, you have to deal with them from strength, not from weakness.
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The Taliban is resilient.
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Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.
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The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past.
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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 could consume the Middle East in a confrontation and a conflict that we would regret.
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