Does this incident raise “troubling questions about whether our leaders trust our troops”? Do you think a message was being sent that they are not even trusted “not to shoot” Leon Panetta?
WASHINGTON, March 7—Under question from Sen. Sessions at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey indicated that "international permission," rather than Congressional approval, provided a 'legal basis' for military action by the United States.