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6 hrs ago | USA Today

Pentagon opening front-line combat roles to women

The Pentagon announced Tuesday plans to put women in front-line combat roles by 2016.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Government Executive

Hollywood Didn't Get Undue Access for Bin Laden Film, Auditors Say

Allegations that the White House sought special access to the Defense Department for screenwriters planning a film on the May 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Ladin were found unsubstantiated in a Pentagon inspector general's report released on Friday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Peter King, US House of Representatives, Republican

Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Salinas Californian

Panetta urges Santa Clara graduates to 'make a difference'

Drawing cheers and a few guffaws as he delivered the commencement address Saturday at his alma mater, former CIA director and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta urged Santa Clara University graduates not to despair about the country's troubles or conclude they have little chance of fixing them.

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Related Topix: Santa Clara, CA, Santa Clara University

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Business Wire

Panetta Tells the Class of 2013 to Hold Government Leaders Accountable

"You're a 21st century campus, men and women reflecting the great diversity of our society, open to all faiths and beliefs, a broad curriculum that reflects our times and a commitment to your creed of building citizens who are leaders of competence, conscience and compassion."

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Related Topix: Santa Clara University

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Official Wire News

Defense report: Troops in bin Laden raid revealed

A Pentagon inspector general's report says U.S. special operations forces who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden were in uniform and wearing nametags during a CIA award ceremony attended by the writer of the film "Zero Dark Thirty."

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Army Times

Report: Troops in bin Laden raid revealed

Army football fans won't have to wait until fall to see if they can break their long dry spell in... WASHINGTON - A Pentagon inspector general's report says U.S. special operations forces who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden were in uniform and wearing nametags during a CIA award ceremony attended by the writer of the film 'Zero ... (more)

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The Nation

The Many Faces of Mark Boal

How did a journalist whose career was devoted to exposing injustice end up writing a film like Zero Dark Thirty ? Mark Boal.

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Related Topix: Zero Dark Thirty, The Hurt Locker, US Military, US Navy, US News, Liberal Political News

WLTI-FM Syracuse

Former CIA Chief of Staff: NSA Leaker Could Be "Aiding Our Enemies"

A former CIA chief of staff says U.S. officials are concerned that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden could be "aiding our enemies" by handing over sensitive U.S. intelligence to the Chinese government.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

Reuters

Obama names Avril Haines as deputy CIA director after Morell retires

President Barack Obama will name Avril Haines, a White House legal adviser, as deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency after the current director, Michael Morell, said he would retire in August, the White House said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

The Atlantic

Americans' Hollow Commitment to 'Rule of Law'

This country is proud of its commitment to the Constitution. But right now, real review is being ignored.

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Related Topix: Robert Mueller, James R. Clapper, Dianne Feinstein, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Saxby Chambliss, Ron Wyden

Tue Jun 11, 2013

Customer Interaction Solutions

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to Speak at his Alma Mater Santa Clara University

Leon and Sylvia Panetta, founders of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy in Monterey, Calif.

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Related Topix: Santa Clara University, Monterey, CA

Fri Jun 07, 2013

Monterey County Herald

Professor Toro: Panetta didn't get his choice, but if he did it would have been Pacino

You can be one of the most powerful men in the United States, as Monterey's Leon Panetta was while serving as director of the Central Intelligence Agency and then secretary of defense.

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Related Topix: Wedding

Thu Jun 06, 2013

WLTI-FM Syracuse

After Leak, Rep. King Demands "Zero Dark Thirty" Disclosure Report

After a draft report of a Defense Department internal investigation showed former CIA chief Leon Panetta incidentally revealed secret information in front of a Zero Dark Thirty filmmaker, Rep. Peter King on Thursday sent a letter to the secretary of defense demanding the final version of the report be released "immediately."

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Related Topix: Zero Dark Thirty, US Politics, US News, Peter King, Republican, US House of Representatives

National Review Online

Leaky Leon Strikes Again

In 2009, I warned in this space that Obama CIA nominee Leon Panetta was the most likely leaker of Daniel Patrick Moynihan's "benign neglect" memo to the New York Times in 1970.

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Related Topix: African-American

The Salinas Californian

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Several weeks after overseeing the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, then-CIA Director Leon Panetta violated security rules by revealing the name of the raid commander to the writer of the film 'Zero Dark Thirty,' according to a draft report by Pentagon investigators.

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Related Topix: Salinas, CA, Osama bin Laden

Lucianne.com

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The recent congressional ire over the Obama administrationA s suspiciously convenient national security leaks reminded me of an unusual bit of political trivia: Defense Secretary -- and prior to that, CIA head -- Leon Panetta is the prime suspect in one of the most notorious political leaks of all time.

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Related Topix: Verizon Communications, Telecom, Verizon, IT Services, Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, Hillary Clinton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics

Globe and Mail

US defence report: Panetta revealed name of bin Laden raid leader in front of screenwriter

Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta laughs during the Panetta Lecture Series at The Panetta Institute at CSU Monterey Bay in Seaside, Calif.

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Related Topix: Seaside, CA, Zero Dark Thirty, Canada

Wed Jun 05, 2013

VDARE

I'm Shocked, Shocked To Discover Leaking Going On In The Obama Administration

You can hazard a guess at whose cliques helped Boal and Bigelow and whose didn't from the casting.

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Brandon Sun

Pentagon report: Panetta revealed name of bin Laden raid leader in front of screenwriter

This undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Several weeks after overseeing the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, then-CIA Director Leon Panetta violated security rules by revealing the name of the raid commander in the presence of a Hollywood screenwriter, according to a draft report by Pentagon investigators.

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Related Topix: Osama bin Laden, US Politics, US News, Peter King, Republican, US House of Representatives, Zero Dark Thirty

Politico

Report: Panetta leaked SEAL unit info

Former CIA Director Leon Panetta revealed the name of the Navy SEAL unit that carried out the Osama bin Laden raid and named the unit's ground commander at a 2011 ceremony attended by "Zero Dark Thirty" filmmaker Mark Boal, according to a draft Pentagon inspector general's report obtained by a watchdog group.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Peter King, Republican, US House of Representatives