American - Public | June 28, 1938 -
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
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I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.
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I'm not big on commissions.
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I don't think I should penalize people who were doing their duty.
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If you're a terrorist, you're a terrorist.
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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.
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Unfortunately these days, there is a hell of a lot that keeps me awake.
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Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.
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I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.
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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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The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win.
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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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