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Other, the one thing that they hate is the united states building alliances with other countries. because they know they cant do it. so if the united states maintains strong allies, maintains strong alliances, i think we have a strong key to try to deal with these danger points. >> neil: yeah, we keep forgetting they have fewer things. thanks, leon. good seeing you. >> good to be with you, neil. >> neil: leon panetta on all of that. remember john tappa, the bar rescue guy? hes wanting to rescue ...

Represents a real threat to the united states, to the region and for that matter to the world. were dealing with an awful lot of danger points right now, andrea, not just in russia but in north korea, in iran, in china. and with regards to terrorism, there continue to be danger points out there. and i -- i think the only way to confront all of these danger points is for the united states to build strong alliances with our allies because ultimately thats the best way to confront our adversaries i...

Panetta institute of public policy, i had secretary hagel oi want to be fair, ask you both kind of the same question, what gives you cause for optimism or concern as you assess the world today? >> i think there is a lot of danger points, in the world that were facing, a lot of flash points probably more since world war ii. if you look at the fact that were continues to confront terrorism in the world. if you look at the fact that there are failed states in the middle east which breed terrorism a...

And iran which is trying to develop a nuclear weapon, then look at cyber and cyberattacks that have taken place across the world. there are a lot of danger points that i worry about. and the question is, whether or not the united states can provide the world leadership working with our allies to confront those danger points. im optimistic if we can develop those alliances. trey: mr. secretary, sometimes politics likes to dumb things down to simple choices, for people who want to be open to eithe...

Panetta institute of public policy, i had secretary hagel oi want to be fair, ask you both kind of the same question, what gives you cause for optimism or concern as you assess the world today? >> i think there is a lot of danger points, in the world that were facing, a lot of flash points probably more since world war ii. if you look at the fact that were continues to confront terrorism in the world. if you look at the fact that there are failed states in the middle east which breed terrorism a...

And iran which is trying to develop a nuclear weapon, then look at cyber and cyberattacks that have taken place across the world. there are a lot of danger points that i worry about. and the question is, whether or not the united states can provide the world leadership working with our allies to confront those danger points. im optimistic if we can develop those alliances. trey: mr. secretary, sometimes politics likes to dumb things down to simple choices, for people who want to be open to eithe...

And iran which is trying to develop a nuclear weapon, then look at cyber and cyberattacks that have taken place across the world. there are a lot of danger points that i worry about. and the question is, whether or not the united states can provide the world leadership working with our allies to confront those danger points. im optimistic if we can develop those alliances. trey: mr. secretary, sometimes politics likes to dumb things down to simple choices, for people who want to be open to eithe...

Panetta institute of public policy, i had secretary hagel oi want to be fair, ask you both kind of the same question, what gives you cause for optimism or concern as you assess the world today? >> i think there is a lot of danger points, in the world that were facing, a lot of flash points probably more since world war ii. if you look at the fact that were continues to confront terrorism in the world. if you look at the fact that there are failed states in the middle east which breed terrorism a...

Obama. secretary, thank you so much. as former secretaries of defense, you and general mattis spent a lot of time thinking about threats to the nation. do you agree that tribalism here is a bigger threat than outside adversaries right now? >> i dont think theres any question. you know, we -- we spent a lot of time focussing obviously on danger points and dangerous threats that face us abroad. and we have the strongest military on the face of the earth. weve got men and women in uniform that are ...

Secretary under president barack obama. secretary, thank you so much. as former secretaries of defense, you and general mattis spent a lot of time thinking about threats to the nation. do you agree that tribalism here is a bigger threat than outside adversaries right now? >> i dont think theres any question. you know, we -- we spent a lot of time focussing obviously on danger points and dangerous threats that face us abroad. and we have the strongest military on the face of the earth. weve got m...