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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.

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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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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The Taliban is resilient.
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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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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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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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Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.
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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 don't usually comment on columnists' ideas of what I'm thinking. That's a dangerous game to get into.
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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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Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.
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The consequence could be that we would have an escalation that would take place that would not only involve many lives, but I think it could consume the Middle East in a confrontation and a conflict that we would regret.
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We are a nation at war. This is also a time for hard choices. It's about ensuring that we are able to prevail in the conflicts in which we are now engaged. But it's also about being able to be strong and disciplined in applying our nation's limited resources to defending America.
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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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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 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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