PANETTA OVERSEES DOWNFALL OF DEFENSE, and now, U.S. relations with Israel:

On Friday, during a speech before the Brookings Institution in Washington, Panetta went all MSNBC on Israel. To be precise, Panetta stated that Israel needed to "lean forward" to achieve peace with the Palestinians. He also demanded that Israel to "just get to the damned table" and to "reach out and mend fences" with Egypt, Turkey and Jordan.