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Obama Sending Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA

WASHINGTON -- In a major national security reshuffle, President Barack Obama is sending CIA Director Leon Panetta to the Pentagon to replace Robert Gates, a widely praised Bush holdover, and replacing Panetta at the spy agency with Gen. David Petraeus, the high-profile commander of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Obama's...

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Obama Reportedly to Make Major National Security Leadership Changes

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans this week to name CIA Director Leon Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, would take the CIA chief's job in a major shuffle of the nation's top national security leadership, administration and other sources...

CIA Chief: Mubarak Likely on His Way Out

WASHINGTON -- CIA Director Peon Panetta says U.S. intelligence indicates that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is on his way out. Panetta tells Congress that his information indicates the U.S.-backed strongman could be out by Thursday night. He says there is a "high likelihood" of that. Panetta did not say exactly how...

CIA Officers Made Grave Mistakes, Then Got Promoted

WASHINGTON (AP) - In December 2003, security forces boarded a bus in Macedonia and snatched a German citizen named Khaled el-Masri. For the next five months, el-Masri was a ghost. Only a select group of CIA officers knew he had been whisked to a secret prison for interrogation in Afghanistan. But he was the wrong guy. A...

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Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld: Economic Security Is National Security

As leaders gathered for the G8 meeting and Europe's economic woes threaten to pull ours back into recession, one thing is clear: economics matters for national strength.

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Pentagon limits F-22 fighter flights

WASHINGTON -Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has limited the flights of the F-22 fighter jet to regions where pilots can quickly land the plane if they experience oxygen problems.

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Military Fights Global Warming

As more polls show that a majority of Americans want action on carbon pollution and global warming, leadership on fighting climate change is coming from surprising places -- starting with the military.

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House Pressing Ahead With Higher 2013 Defense Budget Than Obama Proposal

The House Armed Services Committee pressed ahead Wednesday with a version of the 2013 defense budget that adds billions to President Barack Obama's proposed budget and rejects the administration's call for military base closings.

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06/02/12 Panetta to visit former US base in Vietnam Source: The West Australian US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta will travel on Sunday to Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay, a major base for American forces in the Vietnam War, underscoring improved ties between the former enemies.
06/02/12 US to put more warships in Asia Source: Deccan Herald - India The United States will shift a majority of its warships to the Asia-Pacific region by 2020, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Saturday, giving the first details of a new US military strategy.
06/02/12 Japan, U.S., Australia to boost military ties Source: The Japan Times Senior defense officials from Japan, the United States and Australia agreed Saturday to draw up an action plan on increased military cooperation.
06/02/12 Uneasy US-China relationship overshadows amicable... Source: The Straits Times - Singapore Compared to previous years, when the verbal sparring in the cavernous hall of the Shangri-La Hotel's Island Ballroom was heated, all sides played nice this year.
06/02/12 US will put more warships in Asia: Panetta Source: Daily Times - Pakistan The United States (US) will shift a majority of its warships to the Asia-Pacific region by 2020, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Saturday, giving the first details of a new US military strategy.

Background on leon panetta

Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) is the 23rd and current United States Secretary of Defense, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama since 2011. Prior to taking office, he served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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