Leon Panetta
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Budget strains lead to canceled deployment for USS Harry S. Truman
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U.S. officials say that budget strains will force the Pentagon to cut its aircraft carrier presence in the Persian Gulf area from two carriers to one.
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Panetta poised to extend benefits to same-sex partners: AP sources
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Officials say Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is poised to extend some benefits to the same-sex partners of military members.
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Panetta says politics at play in Hagel questioning
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said "the political knives" came out when Chuck Hagel faced fellow Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing to be Pentagon chief.
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Chuck Hagel defends views before Senate
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Chuck Hagel is the lone witness at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday that could be crucial in determining whether he will win Senate confirmation to succeed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
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Women combat roles change as Leon Panetta lifts ban
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in lifting a ban on women serving in combat, said that not all women will be able to meet the qualifications to be a combat soldier. "But everyone is entitled to a chance," he said.
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Panetta lifts ban on women in combat
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Panetta's tenure marked by fiscal crisis, budget battle
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's time in the Pentagon came at a critical moment - dominated by the nation's fiscal crisis and an endless struggle to protect the defense budget.
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Algerian hostage crisis: Americans still hostage in Algeria, State Dept says
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Frederick Buttaccio, a Texas resident, has been identified as the first American citizen killed in the ongoing hostage standoff at a natural gas complex in eastern Algeria, the Associated Press says.
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Leon Panetta in Afghanistan for consultation with commanders
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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on Wednesday for an unannounced visit to consult with top commanders and President Hamid Karzai.
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U.S. sends troops to Jordan-Syria border
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The United States has sent military troops to the Jordan-Syria border to bolster that country's military capabilities in the event that violence escalates along its border with Syria, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.
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American drone strike victims' parents sue U.S. government in D.C. court
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In what could be a groundbreaking case, the parents of American citizens who were suspected of terrorism sued the U.S. government today for killing their family members in drone strikes without due process and a trial.
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to speak at U.S. Naval Academy graduation
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will be this year's commencement speaker at the U.S. Naval Academy graduation this month.
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Soldiers in alleged photos with insurgent bodies condemned by White House
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In another embarrassment to the Pentagon, newly published photographs purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan.
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Taliban fire on Afghan officials at attack site
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Two brothers of Afghan President Hamid Karzai were leaving a village mosque where they attended a memorial service for 16 villagers killed by a U.S. soldier when the Taliban insurgents opened fire.
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Obama, Panetta call Karzai, try to contain damage from Afghan shooting
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U.S. officials were scrambling Sunday to contain the damage caused when an American soldier in Afghanistan wandered off base and allegedly gunned down 16 villagers, including nine children.
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Panetta, Dempsey say U.S. armed forces ready for involvement in Syria
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The nation's top military leader said Wednesday that U.S. armed forces would be ready if called upon to get involved in Syria, but he raised serious concerns about outside extremists and the fate of Syria's chemical and biological weapons.
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Panetta: U.S. combat in Afghanistan to end next year
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Panetta called 2013 a critical year for the Afghanistan mission that has dragged on for more than a decade with little sign that the Taliban will be decisively defeated.
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Panetta cites key intelligence on bin Laden raid
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S. in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound last May.
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