Why Panetta? Is Slashing Defense the Real End Game Here?

New Zeal Why does President Barack Obama want Leon Panetta to be Secretary of Defense? Anyone familiar with Panetta’s record as a Congressman in the 1980s, knows that Panetta is both a leftist and markedly hostile towards the US military establishment. Panetta has no military backgound. he has a Budget background. He was once head of the Office of Budget Management. What does this suggest to you? Was … [Read more...]