Leon Panetta: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Obama Presidency Oral History - Interview with Leon Panetta. Oct 23, 2026
Add new Web site: CBS News - Interview with Leon Panetta. Aug 15, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 24, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC News - Full Transcript: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Sep 17, 2025
Add new Web site: PBS - Global Perspectives - Leon Panetta. Aug 08, 2025
Add new Web site: Association of United States Army - HON Leo E. Panetta (PDF). Jun 14, 2025
Added cross-references, modernized caption and spelling. Mar 05, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Leon Panetta: The Battle-Tested Politician. Jan 29, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN - If Trump puts troops on the ground Β‘we will be trapped,Β’ warns fmr. CIA chief. Jun 29, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 02, 2024
Add new Web site: U.S. Department of War - Leon E. Panetta. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Center for Strategic and International Studies - Leon Panetta. May 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Biography of Leon Panetta. Jan 10, 2023
Add new Web site: The Panetta Institute for Public Policy - Leon E. Panetta. Sep 01, 2021
Add new Web site: The Panetta Institute for Public Policy. May 24, 2019
Add new Web site: Washington Speakers Bureau - Biography of Leon Panetta. Mar 31, 2017
Noted the publication of Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace. Nov 04, 2014
Add new Web site: AllGov - Biography of Leon Panetta. Jul 04, 2014
Add new Web site: Miller Center - Biography of Leon E. Panetta. Sep 12, 2013
In February 2013 he stepped down as secretary of defense. Feb 27, 2013
Add new Web site: United States Department of Defense - Leon E. Panetta. Aug 16, 2011
Add new Web site: Jewish Women's Archive - Astarte. Aug 16, 2011
Add new Web site: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Biography of Leon Edward Panetta. Aug 16, 2011
Noted start of Leon Panetta's term as secretary of defense. Jul 01, 2011
In June 2011 he was confirmed by the Senate as secretary of defense. Jun 22, 2011
In 2011 Obama announced that he had selected Panetta to succeed Robert M. Gates as defense secretary. Apr 28, 2011
Media added. Jan 26, 2010
New article added. Feb 13, 2009
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