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11 Jun 2013, 11:53 am by Benjamin Wittes
Preston’s former boss, Leon Panetta, also has nice words: Stephen Preston is a talented attorney and counselor who will scrupulously apply the Constitution and the law to our military operations. [read post]
5 Jun 2013, 11:46 am by Ritika Singh
Government watchdog group Project on Government Oversight published a report from the Department of Defense’s Inspector General, which found that ex-CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, revealed top-secret information at a CIA awards ceremony in 2011. [read post]
15 May 2013, 1:03 pm by Ritika Singh
” Sasha went on to tell reporters she felt even more suspicious after former defense secretary Leon Panetta failed to respond to any of her 24 voicemails. [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 12:07 pm by Ritika Singh
In other news, the Washington Times tells us that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has cancelled the Distinguished Warfare Medal for drone pilots that his predecessor, Leon Panetta, created shortly before leaving office. [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 9:54 am by Sean Gallagher
The Distinguished Warfare Medal, which was announced two months ago by outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, was shelved by new Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on April 15. [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 12:11 pm by hls
What struck me is that in that same month period, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced he would lift the ban on women in military combat—removing an argument that was once used by opponents of the ERA — that women can’t serve in combat. [read post]
13 Mar 2013, 10:07 am by Ritika Singh
According to the Military Times, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has ordered a halt to the production of the drone medal instated by his predecessor, Leon Panetta, pending a review of its official rank. [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 3:43 am by Benjamin Wittes
Although recent news reporting reveals that the world did not end when the clock struck midnight last Friday, the real effects are not likely to be felt until the civilian employee furloughs begin at the end of this month.Here’s a few highlights (or, perhaps more accurately, lowlights) of the recent comments by senior national security officials that, taken together, start to define the scope of just how bad this really could be: Previewing what was to come, former Secretary of Defense… [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 10:42 am by Benjamin Wittes
  But as former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned a few months ago, &ldq [read post]
13 Feb 2013, 12:40 pm by Sean Gallagher
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta authorized the new medal. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 1:05 pm by WIMS
However, as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has indicated, sequestration's 'meat axe' approach to budget cutting would have a detrimental impact on our country. [read post]
10 Feb 2013, 11:59 am
A while later, there was a discussion of Leon Panetta's testimony about Benghazi. [read post]
9 Feb 2013, 5:41 am by Jack Goldsmith
” Emmerson implies here (and elsewhere in the story) that the growth in the lethal use of drones during President Obama’s first term under Obama-appointed CIA Director Leon Panetta (and later, briefly, David Petraeus), and the circumstances of the CIA’s drone deployments, somehow took place beyond Obama’s (and the White House’s, including Brennan’s) control and approval. [read post]
4 Feb 2013, 4:24 am by Jack Goldsmith
”  I am sure that some legal event inside the government has triggered this story, but we already knew – from Leon Panetta’s speech last year (which I analyzed here), and from the USG’s supposed involvement in cyber attacks on the Iranian nuclear facilities – that the USG had concluded that the President has the power to order preemptive cyberattacks. [read post]
3 Feb 2013, 10:54 am
On "Meet the Press" today: "Yes, some of it came from some of the tactics that were used at that time, interrogation tactics that were used. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 2:26 pm by Ritika Singh
Another SecDef hearing to add to your calendars: According to the Hill, Leon Panetta will testify to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the Benghazi attack next week. [read post]
30 Jan 2013, 10:38 am by Raffaela Wakeman
Senator Lindsey Graham says he’ll put a hold on Hagel’s nomination, unless outgoing SecDef Leon Panetta testifies about the DoD’s reaction to the Benghazi attack. [read post]