And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe
Let people make wellinformed decisions as to what they are comfortable with. That is what we need to do. We need to focus on the mission and stick to the facts. One last quick question. Those of us who support and have worked with both the fort meade dhs havethe [inaudible] in roles in missions related to the cyber arena. What is the partnership you have in place or are putting in place . For me, im very fortunate. I partner with a cabinet secretary who i have worked with before in my career. Jeh wille fact that just pick up the phone, and rogers will pick up the phone and talk to secretary johnson about, we need to do this or that. Regularly. E meet we talked to our teams about what we need to do to create stronger partnerships. What i have argued is that nsa and u. S. Cyber command have great capabilities, but we have got to do this in a partnership with others. Government, our biggest partners are the dhs and fbi. That is the way it is going to be. Thats what we need to do. I am not