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7 Oct 2014, 4:38 pm
"Looking back on my career, I’ve been a Republican, a congressman, and White House chief of staff, and a defense secretary. [read post]
26 Jan 2013, 6:17 am by Susan Hennessey
To considerable fanfare, departing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 7:54 pm by Mary L. Dudziak
  I take this up in the New York Times: THE defense secretary, Leon Panetta, recently announced that America hoped to end its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2013 as it did in Iraq last year. [read post]
21 Apr 2009, 12:07 am
Foreign Investigation of Torture Techniques Sanctioned by Bush Administration By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair CIA Director Leon Panetta announced on April 9, 2009 that it would shut down those "black site" secret prisons in foreign countries utilized by the George Bush administration to house, and torture, suspected terroristsâ€â [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 5:52 am by Jenna Greene
New Jobs: President Obama is expected this week to name Leon Panetta, the director of Central Intelligence, as defense secretary and Gen. [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 12:07 am
Senators Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, and John McCain, an Arizona Republican, in a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wrote as follows: "The continued failure to address and define the policies and legal authorities necessary for the Pentagon to operate in the cyberspace domain remains a significant gap in our national security that must be addressed. [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 12:07 am
Senators Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, and John McCain, an Arizona Republican, in a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wrote as follows: "The continued failure to address and define the policies and legal authorities necessary for the Pentagon to operate in the cyberspace domain remains a significant gap in our national security that must be addressed. [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 12:29 pm by Julia Zebley
Padilla's lawsuit claims nominal monetary redress against Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta [official profile], former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld [BBC profile] and other officials, arguing that the Defense... [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 7:06 am by Hillary Stemple
[JURIST] Two Republican Congressmen have sent a letter [text; PDF] to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta [official profile] asking to delay the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) [10 USC § 654; JURIST news archive], scheduled to go into effect next Tuesday. [read post]
11 Sep 2012, 7:37 am by Jack Goldsmith
,” asked Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, on CBS, in response to the revelations about the Bin Laden mission by former SEAL Matthew Bissonnette in No Easy Day. [read post]
12 Jul 2009, 7:56 am
In one of the odder pieces of journalism I've seen lately, the NY Times reported that new CIA Director Leon Panetta recently ended a CIA program that was adopted in the aftermath of 9/11 and that was kept highly classified on the orders of former VP Cheney (pictured with his trademark smirk). [read post]
5 Jan 2009, 12:25 pm
Just when it looked like that no more lawyers would join the Obama cabinet, The New York Times is reporting that Santa Clara University Law School graduate Leon Panetta will be the nominee as CIA director. [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]
15 Mar 2012, 6:01 am by Matthew Huisman
The news comes as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta concludes a visit with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 7:18 am by Michelle Lindo McCluer
Less than a month after taking office, new Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is set to certify that the military services are ready to have openly gay servicemembers in their midst. [read post]
1 May 2011, 9:48 pm by Jeralyn
After he took office, he directed Leon Panetta to make the killing or capture of Osama the top priority. [read post]
14 Mar 2012, 2:29 pm by interns
Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan today to quell tensions–and was met with an Afghan national trying to crash a car into his plane on the runway, according to the New York Times. [read post]