Former Defense Secretary: U.S. Should Have Kept Troops In Iraq -- Time
Panetta's expressed differences with his former boss, President Obama, in an interview with "60 Minutes"
Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta says the United States should not have completely pulled troops out of Iraq in 2011.
In an interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes, Panetta, who was defense secretary under President Barack Obama from 2011 to 2013 after being director of the CIA from 2009 to 2011, said he disagreed with the U.S. strategy of withdrawing soldiers from Iraq.
“I really thought that it was important for us to maintain a presence in Iraq,” Panetta said.
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Update: Stunning: ex-SecDef Panetta on Obama's pullout from Iraq (American Thinker)
My Comment: We may have regrets now .... but I do member the debate 3 -4 years ago .... and there was no public or political support for U.S. troops remaining in Iraq.
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