Leon panetta

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...

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...

Well, you know, any defense force worth its salt has to be able to deal with uncertainty, has to be able to deal with events that we may not have planned for.

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...

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.

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

You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on.

The United States was attacked on 9/11/12, and we know who attacked us.

Iran is isolating itself from the rest of the world.

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