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When you're smaller and leaner, you're not going to have that large a presence throughout the world.

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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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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The Taliban is resilient.
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I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.
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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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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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I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.
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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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I'm not big on commissions.
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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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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 know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.
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