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You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on.

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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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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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 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 going to give people the benefit of the doubt.
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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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Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed.
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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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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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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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