Press Gaggle by Secretary Panetta en route to Lisbon, Portugal

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 14, 2013.

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON E. PANETTA:  How you doing?  Good.  All right.  Are we ready? 

(UNKNOWN):  We’re ready. 

SEC. PANETTA:  Okay.  Let me just — let me say a few words about the trip and then just open it up to your questions.  (Laughter.)  Maybe.  (Laughter.) 

This is — as you all know — likely my last international trip as secretary of defense.  And as I mentioned to you, as a…