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She is smart. She is principled. She is tough, and she is ready. Hillary is the single most experienced and prepared person who has ever run for president.

- Leon Panetta

Tough, Run, Prepared, Principled

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.

- Leon Panetta

Country, United States, Militant

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.

- Leon Panetta

Natural, Rising, Polar, Devastating

The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.

- Leon Panetta

United, United States, Allow, Premise

I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.

- Leon Panetta

Some, Caught, Very, Foolish

The United States, and the president's made this clear, does not want Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. That's a red line for us. And it's a red line obviously for the Israelis so we share a common goal here.

- Leon Panetta

Here, Line, United, Israelis

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.

- Leon Panetta

Law, Middle, Individual, Prohibition

Al Qaeda still remains a threat.

- Leon Panetta

Still, Remains, Al, Qaeda

During my time as CIA Director and Secretary of Defense, Hillary was a strong supporter of our efforts to protect our homeland, decimate al-Qaeda, and bring Osama bin Laden to justice.

- Leon Panetta

Strong, Director, Homeland, Al-Qaeda

China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area.

- Leon Panetta

Some, I Think, Providing, Ships

If the Iraqis fail to implement the reforms, if they fail to get a handle on the violence, there's nothing the United States can do, militarily or otherwise, that can solve those problems. They have to assume the primary responsibility to govern themselves.

- Leon Panetta

United States, Otherwise, Primary

I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.

- Leon Panetta

Think, United States, Primary

An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals.

- Leon Panetta

Nation, Critical, Aggressor, Extremist

These days, it takes only seconds - seconds - for a picture, a photo, to suddenly become an international headline.

- Leon Panetta

Days, Only, Seconds, International

In this century, the 21st century, the U.S. recognizes our prosperity and our security depends even more on the Asia-Pacific region.

- Leon Panetta

More, Depends, Our, 21st Century

The United States is going to defend itself under any circumstances.

- Leon Panetta

United States, Itself, Any Circumstances

When the president went around the table to the country's national security leadership, Hillary was clear: We have to go get bin Laden. And our Special Operations Forces did just that.

- Leon Panetta

Country, Clear, Bin, Table

The American Dream has been defended, in every generation, by the brave men and women willing to fight and die for America. They are our greatest national treasure. They deserve a serious Commander-in-Chief.

- Leon Panetta

Generation, Die, Been, Commander-In-Chief

Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head.

- Leon Panetta

Over, Without, Specific, Lawsuits

I don't usually comment on columnists' ideas of what I'm thinking. That's a dangerous game to get into.

- Leon Panetta

Ideas, Game, Dangerous, Comment

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.

- Leon Panetta

American, Doing, Agency, Collect

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.

- Leon Panetta

Kind, Going, Been, Levels

The Taliban is resilient.

- Leon Panetta

Resilient, Taliban

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.

- Leon Panetta

View, Mean, Been, Taliban

It doesn't make a lot of sense for us to borrow money from the Chinese to go give to another country for humanitarian aid. We ought to get the Chinese to take care of the people.

- Leon Panetta

Country, Give, Another, Ought

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.

- Leon Panetta

Awful Lot, Horrible Things, CIA

I think soon after I became director of the CIA - President Obama pulled me into the Oval Office and said: 'Look, I just want you to know that your top priority is to go after Osama bin Laden.'

- Leon Panetta

I Think, Became, Bin, CIA

I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.

- Leon Panetta

Realized, About, Had, CIA

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

- Leon Panetta

World, Smaller, Large, Presence

Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.

- Leon Panetta

Well, Always, United States, Presence

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