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FILTER RESULTS ►Why Obama Didn’t Send in the Troops
Why didn’t President Obama order troops to Benghazi to protect what remained of our diplomatic delegation and their security staff? The only known communication between the president and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta during the attack took place about one and one half hours after the assault began. Show More Summary
Corinthian Colleges Appoints Leon Panetta to Its Board
Corinthian Colleges has appointed former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial to its board of directors. Panetta, also a former director of the CIA, served on Corinthian's board from 2008-2009. Show More Summary
Arms makers welcome dialogue with Pentagon as budget woes rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Executives at U.S. weapons makers on Tuesday said their meeting on Monday with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was a "positive continuation" of a dialogue begun by his predecessor, Leon Panetta.
The Distinguished Warfare Medal, Now a “Distinguishing Device”
In a move that was certain to be controversial, and as one of his last acts as Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta authorized a new Medal, the Distinguished Warfare Medal (DWM), to be awarded to service members whose extraordinary achievements, regardless of their distance to the traditional combat theater, deserve distinct department-wide recognition. Some of [...]
Hagel drops controversial medal for drone operators
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday eliminated the Distinguished Warfare Medal, overturning one of Leon Panetta’s last acts in the position.
Leon Panetta, Former U.S. Defense Secretary and CIA Director, to Speak at Santa Clara University's 1
Leon Panetta, Former U.S. Defense Secretary and CIA Director, to Speak at Santa Clara University's 162nd Commencement June 15 Pamela Eibeck, first woman president of University of the Pacific, to address advanced degree recipients June...Show More Summary
Women in Combat: The ‘Angel of Death’
On January 24 of this year, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signed a memo to lift the ban on women in military combat operations. The news cycle was full with coverage of this significant event for the next several days. This author [...]
Training aims to improve how military sexual assaults are investigated
As the military wrestles with an alarming number of sexual assaults — an issue former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called "an affront to the basic American values we defend" — the Department of Defense has adopted a novel technique that fundamen …
The US Military Is Now Offering Benefits for Same-Sex Partners, And As A Navy Vet, I Think It's About Time
I squealed when I received an email from my Navy Ombudsman: Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Leon E. Panetta recently announced the decision to extend twenty-four new benefits to same-sex partners of service members. read more
A Medal for Drone Killers? Fine, Say Critics; Just Don’t Rank It Too High
In one of his final actions, last month outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta instituted a new award that troops can earn, called the Distinguished Warfare Medal. (Warfare. Not “Peacefare” or “Defense” or some such euphemism. Panetta...Show More Summary
Hagel ‘Has Heard the Concerns,’ Directs Review of Distinguished Warfare Medal
As one of his last acts as Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta authorized a new Medal, the Distinguished Warfare Medal (DWM), to be awarded to service members whose extraordinary achievements, regardless of their distance to the traditional combat theater, deserve distinct department-wide recognition. Some of the recipients of this new medal who Panetta had in [...]
Who is Waging War on Women?
The real war against women is the announced plan of the Obama Administration, using outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta as the fall guy, to assign women for the first time in American history to fight our nation's enemies in military ground combat. That's real war, with real guns, real bullets, and real deaths.
Panetta: Military ‘Looked The Other Way’ In Rape Case
Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Thursday criticized the military’s lackluster approach to sexual violence, saying that some officials “looked the other way” rather than pursuing convictions. These words came during the funeral of Jeremy Goulet, a former serviceman who was killed last week in a gunfight with police after killing two Santa Cruz, [...]
Raddatz Misreports Raddatz on Syrian Weapons
The implication of Martha Raddatz's quotation of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is that Syria has loaded chemical weapons at the ready, and that it would take a matter of hours for the Assad government to use them. But that's not what Panetta told...well, Raddatz herself.
Rapid Fire Feb. 27, 2013: Chuck Hagel’s Weak Confirmation
As expected Republican Senators softened their opposition to allow Chuck Hagel’s nomination as US Secretary of Defense. The 58-41 roll call stands in contrast with the entirely smooth confirmations of Leon Panetta (100-0) by the previous Congress, or more recently John Kerry by the 113th (94-3). Whereas Robert Gates used the freedom coming with retirement [...]
SENATE CONFIRMS HAGEL
The Senate has confirmed former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel to serve as secretary of defense, ending a protracted confirmation process. Hagel, a decorated Vietnam veteran, succeeds Leon Panetta who is retiring. The vote in the Senate was 58-41. In a farewell message to the department, Panetta said it has been “the privilege of a lifetime [...]
Hagel Confirmed as Secretary of Defense; 41 Votes Against
The Senate voted Tuesday afternoon to confirm former Sen. Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, replacing Leon Panetta. Hagel overcame a contentious confirmation process to win a 58-41 vote largely along party lines. The 41 "no" votes...Show More Summary
Pentagon Frets Billions in Sequester Cuts But Wastes $1.5 Trillion on Non-Working Fighter Jet
When it comes to sequester cuts, no
member of the Obama administration has been more outspoken and
pants-wetting that outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Here he
is on a recent Sunday
morning show:
"I have to tell you it is irresponsible for it to happen. Show More Summary
Untold Number of U.S. Troops to Remain in Afghanistan Beyond 2014
Speaking on Feb. 22, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said a portion of the 66,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan will be withdrawn this spring, leaving 32,000 through April of 2014 and an unknown number who will remain beyond 2014.
The force of 32,000 gives Afghan officials time to hold their presidential elections. Show More Summary
Pentagon Warns of Sequester Furloughs
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta informed hundreds of thousands of his civilian employees this week that they could be furloughed if the sequester takes effect on March 1. In a letter to the entire Department of Defense workforce, Panetta...Show More Summary
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