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The Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing for General Lloyd Austin (Ret.) to serve as secretary of defense. Following witness statements by former Defense Secretary Leon…

Leon Panetta, defense secretary during the Obama administration, testified at a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and Environment hearing on managing threats from Russia.…

Historians Annette Gordon-Reed and Douglas Brinkley examined the framing of the Constitution and speculated about the founders' thoughts on the balance of power in the U.S. government today.…

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies for a conversation on civil-military relations. The former defense secretary and CIA director…

Former CIA Directors Leon Panetta and Mike Morell joined former Trump administration National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster to discuss how the U.S. can remain the preeminent military power…

Former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta took part in a discussion on national security, bipartisanship, and civil discourse in politics. They also…

Former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta and former Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte were among the speakers at a Washington Post discussion on the future of…

Journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and President Trump’s former chief of staff Reince Priebus talked about the American presidency and leadership. Former Clinton White House chief…

The National Defense University Foundation honored former Secretary of State James Baker and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta with the American Patriot Award. It is presented annually to recognize…

Former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, appearing on “FOX News Sunday,” talked about about Trump administration’s release of a secret memo written by Republican aides to their…

CIA Director Mike Pompeo and former CIA Director Leon Panetta talked about intelligence gathering and national security threats at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum. Bret Baier…

The Hudson Institute hosted a conference with lawmakers and former intelligence officials on countering violent extremism. This portion of the event included a discussion with former CIA Director and Defense…

Our guest this week is former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. We discussed his time as CIA Director during the first term of the Obama Administration and the process of transitioning the agency from…

Former Defense Secretaries Dick Cheney and Leon Panetta talked about the future of the Defense Department under President-elect Donald Trump. The discussion was moderated by CNN Pentagon correspondent…

Panelists talked about the public’s right to know versus the responsibility to protect classified information for national security. Participants included two former CIA directors and former editors of the New…

Madeleine Albright, Leon Panetta, and others spoke about the 2016 election, foreign policy priorities, and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s comments on NATO and relations with…

Day three of the 2016 Democratic National Convention included speeches by President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta talked about the Panetta Institute for Public Policy and shared photos and stories from his career in politics and government. Located at California State University,…

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta talked about his book, Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace, in which he discusses his career in public service, ranging from his…

Former chiefs of staff and advisers to Presidents Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama talked about the presidents' decision-making process. The panelists also…