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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. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#capabilities #clear #continued #develop #documented

Red lines are kind of political arguments that are used to try to put people in a corner. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#kind #lines #people #political #put

Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the U.S. military stands for. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#everything #military #place #sexual #stands

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. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#capability #confront #deal #enemy #more

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. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#divided #good #governing #i #i think

The participation of our country in the eurozone is a guarantee for the country's monetary stability. It is a driver of financial prosperity. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#driver #eurozone #financial #guarantee #monetary

Governments cannot assume or expect that the ECB will always facilitate their funding independently of the achievement of their fiscal and other policy objectives. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#always #assume #cannot #expect #facilitate

I am confident that we can overcome this crisis, provided that we remain united in our effort to address our debt and competitiveness problems. And I think that the Greek people are united; it's important also that the political forces are united in line with the will of the Greek people. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#also #am #competitiveness #confident #crisis

I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece and Europe. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#biggest #both #dedicated #economic #economic policy

You can theorise about the options you have but in reality they are very specific. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#options #reality #specific #very #you