Leon Panetta Quotes on Place (2 Quotes)

On Thursday, when the House was scheduled to vote, Regan called Minority leader Robert Michel of Illinois and promised to support the 211 million jobs program for the elderly in a future bill. Administration lobbyists also passed the word that the President would not fight for his extra 2 billion in defense funds in a subsequent measure. With those pledges, however, Reagan undercut his argument for vetoing the measure in the first place. Why this charade ... Why go through this process.

One of the things that has made Iraq such a tragedy is you've got the administration, which is kind of locked into its view you've got Congress, which is scrambling all over the place and politics, which has invaded this issue on all sides. The good thing here is we can stand back and assess this.