VIDEO: Leon Panetta says Obama’s ISIS response is two years too late

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Former Obama administration Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says his old boss should have, and could have, done more to prevent the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

As his memoir, Worthy Fights, hits shelves Tuesday, Panetta told CNN’s Gloria Borger the president is now reacting to dangerous situations that could have been prevented.

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