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Senate Confirms Panetta as Next Defense Secretary

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Its DONE! :shock: And its not too bad :)



WASHINGTON -- The Senate has unanimously approved the nomination of Leon Panetta to be the next Pentagon chief.
Panetta will replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who is retiring June 30 after 4 1/2 years on the job through the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
Panetta currently is CIA director. He has served in the House as a California congressman, headed the Budget Committee and was director of the Office of Management and Budget. He also was chief of staff to former President Bill Clinton.
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CONTINUED: Senate Confirms Panetta as Next Defense Secretary - FoxNews.com
 
Bob Gates is one of the best SecDefs of all time. Hope Panetta fills his shoes capably.
 
He can be in charge of the drawdown and budget cuts. :mrgreen:
 
A dude that has never spent a single day in the service is SECDEF. How ****ed up is that?
 
Sergey Brin and a bunch of other smart people came up with this grand thing. It's called GOOGLE. It's a best practice to check a statement for factual-ity before making it.
 
obvious Child said:
Sergey Brin and a bunch of other smart people came up with this grand thing. It's called GOOGLE. It's a best practice to check a statement for factual-ity before making it.
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I have a hard time spelling such a complicated word.
 
Even if he never served in the military it really doesn't matter. You don't need to have served in the military to be a civilian leader. Dick Cheney, neocon hero, never wore a uniform, Eisenhower (the military genius) had two secdef who never served. I think Nixon's didn't either.
 
Gargantuan said:
Even if he never served in the military it really doesn't matter. You don't need to have served in the military to be a civilian leader. Dick Cheney, neocon hero, never wore a uniform, Eisenhower (the military genius) had two secdef who never served. I think Nixon's didn't either.
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I agree. For instance Don Rumsfeld wore a uniform at one point, and we all saw how great he was as a SecDef.

However, I believe on the whole that it is a plus for a SecDef to have served in uniform so that he can better identify with the folks that he is meant to represent.
 
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