Panetta Calls Karzai

Defense Secretary Panetta this morning phoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai about a video that appears to show Marines urinating on insurgents' corpses.

Panetta, who has ordered an investigation, "expressed his view that the conduct depicted in the footage is utterly deplorable, and that it does not reflect the standards or values American troops are sworn to uphold," Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said in a statement.

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos also condemned the video in a statement this morning.