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Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Leon Panetta in as Defense Secretary, General David Petraeus in as CIA director

Global Politics

Barack Obama will shortly name CIA Director Leon Panetta as the new Secretary of Defense, replacing outgoing Secretary Robert Gates. General David Petraeus will then take over for Panetta as CIA director.

General Petraeus’s Positive Legacy

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President Obama Shuffles National Security Team

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