Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta
Leon Edward Panettais an American statesman, lawyer, and professor. He served in the Obama administration as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2009 to 2011, and as Secretary of Defense from 2011 to 2013. A Democrat, Panetta was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993, served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1993 to 1994, and as President Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff from 1994 to 1997. He is...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 June 1938
CityMonterey, CA
CountryUnited States of America
There is a tremendous lack of leadership in both parties to address this issue.
He was always graceful in the way he handled his guests, ... He always talked about substance. He never made snide remarks.
Over the last 10 or 15 years, there's almost been a deliberate strategy to push all the tough decisions to the very end of a Congress, with the hope that you can ram them through as members try to get away for the holidays.
I think the bottom line is, this is one of the few BRAC rounds in history where California comes out doing very well.
Just when we should be getting ready for the 21st century, our education system is beginning to fall down in terms of preparing our students for that future.
He gets a pass, they don't. And that's obviously created a lot of nervousness on Capitol Hill.
There is growing distrust we see from the investing public. There is a responsibility of the New York Stock Exchange that we address those issues.
That confrontation, I think, clearly was in the minds of those who were sitting down at the table,
I think they're facing the largest challenge I've seen in recent history, in terms of an administration having to decide whether they continue to borrow and spend, or whether they face up to very difficult choices that have to be made to discipline the budget. I think we'll find out in the next few months what that decision is going to be.
I think the most important thing for this president to do is to focus on trying to get some things done -- limited things done -- over these next 100 days, ... If he can get education reform accomplished, if he could do something on campaign reform in a bipartisan way, then that could send a very important signal to the American people that he's going to try to get things done.
He obviously has to go through Congress to get things done. But he can't be seen as tied to its failings. He has to use the bully pulpit effectively and confront Congress effectively.
I am personally not aware of any improper relationship, sexual or otherwise, by this president with any of the White House interns or anyone else for that matter,
The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win.
The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past.