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The Taliban is resilient.

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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
Resilient

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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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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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You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on.
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Al Qaeda still remains a threat.
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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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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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Clearly, Russia has lied to the world about what's going on in Ukraine. They have clearly violated the cease-fire agreements.
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Winning in Afghanistan is having a country that is stable enough to ensure that there is no safe haven for Al Qaida or for a militant Taliban that welcomes Al Qaida. That's really the measure of success for the United States.
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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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The most important thing we can do is prosecute the offenders, deal with those that have broken the law and committed this crime. And if we can do that then we can begin to deal with this issue and send a signal this is not a problem that we are going to ignore in the United States military.
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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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The United States will do whatever we have to do to protect our forces.
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Iran is isolating itself from the rest of 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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I'm not big on commissions.
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There's no question that the main location of al Qaeda is in tribal areas of Pakistan.
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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 mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened. We have not seen them able to conduct any kind of organized attack to regain any territory that they've lost. We've seen levels of violence going down.
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Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.
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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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