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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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One demonstration of extremists, any more than a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in the United States, is not necessarily reflective of what the rest of the country feels.
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You know, as director of the CIA, I got an awful lot of intelligence about all the horrible things that could go on across the world.
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I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.
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I think what both Republicans and Democrats need to do and the leaders on both sides is to recognize that if sequester takes place, it would be disastrous for our national defense and very frankly for a lot of very important domestic programs. They have a responsibility to come together, find the money necessary to de-trigger sequester.
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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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I'm not big on commissions.
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I think a quality that a national security adviser must have is the ability to set up procedures.
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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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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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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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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 last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past.
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In the zero-sum budget game, every dollar spent on this problem [illegal immigration] must be taken from somewhere else....No, we should not tolerate people immigrating illegally. But we need to treat this issue honestly and fairly.
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Iran is isolating itself from the rest of the world.
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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 reason we've always had a civilian in that job [Secretary of Defence] is because we really believe that it is policymakers who ought to control the military and not have the military control the military.
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One of the principal qualities that you need as national security adviser is trust, the trust of the president. And that depends on truth and it depends on honesty.
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Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.
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Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.
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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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