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The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past.

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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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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Throughout the 40 years I've been in Washington, I've always worked hard, particularly with regards to the budget issues.
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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 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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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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Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the US military stands for.
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In this century, the 21st century, the U.S. recognizes our prosperity and our security depends even more on the Asia-Pacific region.
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I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.
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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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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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Iran's continued drive to develop nuclear capabilities, including troubling enrichment activities and past work on weaponization documented by the IAEA, and its continued support to groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist organizations make clear that the regime in Tehran is a very grave threat to all of us.
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I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.
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Red lines are kind of political arguments that are used to try to put people in a corner.
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An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals.
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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'm not big on commissions.
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Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed.
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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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Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.
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I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.
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