Leon Panetta
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FBI team coming to Delhi to reveal Headley links...the US is likely to give India vital clues about a Pakistani connected to the Mumbai carnage, official sources The CIA chief Leon Panetta disclosed the links of Headley-Rana to elements in the ISI when he met Narayanan in New Delhi Saturday. In this article: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Manmohan Singh, Mumbai, US, Delhi, Leon Panetta, Barack Obama, and Washington |
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TIME | 21 hours ago
Leon Panetta Defends CIA Against DNI, Wins Over Doubters
...upbeat than they have been in a long time," says a retired station chief. "They're finally warming up to Panetta." (See a two-minute bio of Leon Panetta.) After months of disagreement between Panetta and Blair, Vice President Joe Biden...
In this article: CIA, White House, Washington, Eric Holder, and McLean, Va.
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Reuters | 2 days ago
FEATURE-CIA goes hiring in heart of Arab America
...is the right thing, otherwise you are just a gun for hire." Siblani, whose newspaper runs CIA recruiting ads, met CIA Director Leon Panetta during a September visit to Dearborn. "I said, treat us like Americans," he said. "We love...
In this article: CIA, Dearborn, United States, Middle East, and Shawarma
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Washington Times | 4 days ago
Inside the Ring
...the 1979 agreement. The agreement called for total secrecy about the operation. Despite decades of CIA involvement, CIA Director Leon E. Panetta did not attend the Beijing ceremony. A CIA spokesman declined to comment, citing a policy of...
In this article: CIA, Leon E. Panetta, Beijing, China, Joseph R. Biden Jr., Soviet Union, U.S., Aral Sea, and Lake Balkhash
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washingtonpost.com | 7 days ago
In the Loop: A guide to grudges for holiday hosts in official Washington
...not after that White House mission to force the governor not to run to keep his job. Leon and Sylvia Panetta are always great company, but they surely can't sit near the Blairs, not after Denny's big-footing Leon over naming station chiefs...
In this article: Climate change, Nancy Pelosi, Washington, White House, State Department, John Dingell, and Joe Lieberman
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U.S. missile strike kills 8 in Pakistan
...keen to see a robust U.S. commitment that would convince the Taliban to talk. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani met CIA director Leon Panetta and told him U.S. Afghan policy must take into account Pakistan's concerns, Gilani's office...
In this article: Pakistan, United States, Taliban, CIA, Barack Obama, Peshawar, Afghanistan, and Islamabad
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Fine Print: Settling a CIA-DNI turf war
...several long-festering bureaucratic issues that had arisen between Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair and CIA Director Leon Panetta had to be settled by national security adviser James L. Jones, through some Solomon-like...
In this article: CIA, Detainee, White House, Barack Obama, and James L. Jones
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Description from Wikipedia:
Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) is the current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. An American Democratic politician, lawyer, and professor, Panetta served as President Bill Clinton's White House Chief of Staff from 1994 to 1997 and was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993. He is the founder and director of the Panetta Institute, served as Distinguished Scholar to Chancellor Charles B. Reed of the California State University System and professor of public policy at Santa Clara University. In January 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Panetta for the post of CIA Director; he was confirmed by the full Senate on February 12, 2009 and assumed the office the next day.
- Birth Date:
- June 28, 1938
- Birthplace:
- Monterey, California
- Occupation:
- Lawyer, professor
- Political party:
- Democratic
- Title:
- White House Chief of Staff
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