Leon Panetta news and stories by mail.com

Leon Panetta

Change coming to Obama's team, just not right away
Big changes are coming to President Barack Obama's administration — just not right away. The White House is making the nation's high-stakes fiscal ...
US admiral cleared of misconduct in Pentagon probe
The head of U.S. European Command has been cleared of misconduct after a lengthy Pentagon investigation into travel and expense questions that ...
Obama's return a test of evolving foreign policy
Phrases to describe some of the looming foreign policy challenges for President Barack Obama didn't even exist when he took the oath of office the ...
Obama faces familiar world of problems in 2nd term
Now that his re-election is secured, President Barack Obama has a freer hand to deal with a world of familiar problems in fresh ways, from toughening ...
Re-elected, Obama heads back to divided government
One day after a bruising, mixed-verdict election, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner both pledged Wednesday to seek a ...
US officials counter reports on Benghazi attacks
The Pentagon provided more details Friday of the military response to the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, as questions continue to ...
Pentagon saw chance for hostage mission in Libya
The Pentagon says that the U.S. military was ready within a few hours of the terrorist attacks on U.S. outposts in eastern Libya to respond to ...
Obama 2nd term: Leverage, lessons learned, legacy
If he wins, President Barack Obama would try to apply the leverage of his victory toward a lasting economic revival on his terms, guided by political ...
Navy replaces admiral leading Mideast strike group
The Navy said Saturday it is replacing the admiral in command of an aircraft carrier strike group in the Middle East, pending the outcome of an ...
New Afghan war phase, with no decisive end seen
A new chapter of the Afghanistan war is opening with a slimmed-down Western force doing more advising than fighting, a resilient Taliban showing ...
Panetta: US lacked early info on Benghazi attack
The U.S. military did not quickly intervene during the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya last month because military leaders did not have adequate ...
Egypt says US Consulate attack suspect was Libyan
A man suspected of links to the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate was a Libyan national who turned his rented apartment into a small weapons cache ...
Tunisia: Reported consulate suspect arrested
A Tunisian man who was arrested in Turkey this month with reported links to the attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya is facing terrorism charges, his ...
Panetta: Cannot let al-Qaida hide in north Africa
Senior U.S. defense leaders are working with allies on a plan to deal with al-Qaida- linked militants in Mali and elsewhere in the North Africa ...
US, SKorea ready to respond to NKorea provocation
The U.S. defense chief expressed relief Wednesday that North Korea has not followed through on a threat to launch a military strike in response to ...
Iran looks to Silk Road ties in time of sanctions
In back-to-back Asian summits this month, Iran's president made sure to carve out special time to look east. At one gathering in Azerbaijan, Mahmoud ...
China leader's persona forged by harsh early life
The next leader of China spent much of his youth living in a dug-out cave. Xi Jingping's seven years in this remote northern community meant toiling ...
Taliban ambush kills 10 Afghan troops
Taliban insurgents killed 10 Afghan troops in an ambush in western Herat province, police and government officials said Tuesday. A spokesman for the ...
Decision soon on general's demotion, punishment
Demoting a four-star general for spending misconduct could be harsh and would force the officer to lose as much as $1 million in retirement pay, the ...
Draft order would give companies cyberthreat info
A new White House executive order would direct U.S. spy agencies to share the latest intelligence about cyberthreats with companies operating electric ...
Timeline of events, comments surrounding Benghazi
The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has become a major issue in the presidential campaign, focused on the evolving Obama ...
Victims want Fort Hood shooting deemed terror act
Nearly three years after the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, many of those affected are urging the government to declare it a terrorist attack, saying ...
Iran denies role in Gulf cyberattacks
Iranian officials denied any role in recent cyberattacks against oil and gas companies in the Persian Gulf and said they welcomed a probe of the case, ...