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
I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.
An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals.
Al Qaeda still remains a threat.
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.
I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.
I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.
I'm not big on commissions.
If you're a terrorist, you're a terrorist.
These days, it takes only seconds - seconds - for a picture, a photo, to suddenly become an international headline.
The Taliban is resilient.
The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.
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.
My whole life has been dedicated to public service.