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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

#century #depends #even #more #our

Iran is isolating itself from the rest of the world. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#isolating #itself #rest #world

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

Rather than undermining the Palestinian Authority, it is in Israel's interests to strengthen it by... continuing to transfer Palestinian tax revenues and pursuing other avenues of cooperation. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#avenues #continuing #cooperation #interests #israel

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

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

#caps #demand #devastating #disaster #disasters

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 area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#change #climate #climate change #dramatic #impact

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

#community #develop #fundamental #going #international

The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#last #make #mistakes #past #thing