LEON E. PANETTA

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President Barack Obama listens as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Nov. 28, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Biographical Directory of Congress
Oral History (UVA Miller Center)
Department of Defense
UVA Miller Center
Panetta Institute
PBS Frontline Interview (6/2000) 
Wikipedia

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4/25/1995: President Clinton, Vice President Gore, Leon Panetta and Sec. Dan Glickman enjoy lunch at Stella’s Diner in Des Moines, Iowa (Photo Credit: Ralph Alswang/ William J. Clinton Presidential Library)

OMB Nomination 12/11/1992 (NYT, C-SPAN)
Profile (WP, 2/14/1993)
Profile (WP, 4/9/1993)
Chief of Staff Selection, 6/28/1994 (WP, NYT, LAT, LAT)
Panetta’s Moment (The New Republic, 11/6/1995)
CIA Nomination, 1/6/2009 (WP, WP, NYT,  WSJ, LAT)
The Secret History (New Yorker, 6/22/2009)
DOD Nomination, 4/27/2011 (WP, WP, NYT, NYT, WSJ)
Profile (NYT, 10/23/2011)