Paul Brandus: ‘Our democracy is not going to survive’ if U.S. politicians keep failing to call out obvious lies, says former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Posted on October 29, 2022 By Charlielikes Panetta, in an interview, explains his views on Putin and Russia, and challenges at home. Stock Market Tags:'is, ‘going, ‘to, “not, brandus:, call, defense, democracy, failing, former, if, keep, leon, lies’, market, obvious, our, out, panetta, paul, politicians, says, secretary, stock, stock market, survive, u.s.