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
Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the U.S. military stands for.
The area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security.
I'm not big on commissions.
I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.
Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.
After every major conflict - World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the fall of the Soviet Union - what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep across-the-board cuts.
It doesn't make a lot of sense for us to borrow money from the Chinese to go give to another country for humanitarian aid. We ought to get the Chinese to take care of the people.
Al Qaeda still remains a threat.
An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals.
Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head.
Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed.
I don't engage in hypotheticals.
I don't think I should penalize people who were doing their duty.
I don't think there's any question that America is safer as a result of the bin Laden operation.