Panetta had an exchange with Sen. Jeff Sessions , D - Alabama . Sessions : Congress circumvented when NATO joined the coalition in Europe . Panetta said , ` ` You know , our goal will be to seek international consensus '' Sessions ` ` baffled by the idea '' that international consensus must approve U.S. combat .
Panetta had an exchange with Sen. Jeff Sessions , R-Alabama . Sessions : Congress circumvented when Obama joined NATO coalition in Libya . Panetta said , `` You know , our goal would be to seek international permission '' Sessions `` baffled by the idea '' that international group must approve U.S. combat .