Feb. 14 -- The office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. , issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss) are among 43 Senators who have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a multi-state...

Secretary Leon Panetta said he was not trying to send a signal about Israel attacking Iran when he was quoted in a column last month saying a strike is likely. He declined once again to discuss the column from The Washington Post’s David Ignatius when...

"I usually don't comment on columnists' ideas about what I'm thinking. Usually, it's a dangerous game to get into," Panetta said. "I think as the president has suggested, I think we do not think Israel has made that decision." But when asked by Sen....

At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Roger Wicker, Republican of Mississippi, tried to pin Mr. Panetta down – but to no avail. Once again, Mr. Panetta was not confirming or denying much of anything. “Let me just read the way it...

Panetta initially had declined to discuss the article, telling The Associated Press that “what I think and what I view, I consider that to be an area that belongs to me and nobody else.” But his comments only stoked further speculation about the...

Panetta faced questions over a recent David Ignatius column in the Washington Post that suggested the Secretary believes there is a “strong likelihood” for a strike within the coming months. “As the President has suggested, we do not think that Israel...