Panetta
Panetta visits Afghanistan, security breach reported as plane lands
During his visit to Afghanistan Wednesday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was confronted with a potentially volatile situation. An Afghan civilian employee on a military base breached the security barriers in what some are describing as an attack on Panetta.
Panetta Visits Troops, Commanders in Afghanistan
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will meet with troops in Afghanistan today, during a visit that come days after a U.S. soldier allegedly went on a shooting spree in Kandahar that killed 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children and three women. In the trip that has been planned for months, Panetta is not scheduled to go […]
Top of the Hour: Afghan Drawdown, Morning Headlines
The U.S. military combat role in Afghanistan maybe over as early as next year. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta says that he wants U.S. forces to switch to providing training and assistance for Afghan forces by late-2013. Mitt Romney said that Leon Panetta’s announcement made no sense.
Top of the Hour: Leon Panetta Draws Line With Iran, Morning Headlines
The U.S. is warning Iran not to follow through on a threat to close the Strait of Hormuz. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta tells soldiers at Fort Bliss Texas, blocking the Strait is just one action by Iran that would provoke a response.
Panetta Aims to Cut Billions from Pentagon Budget
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is expected to announce plans this week to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the Pentagon’s budget. The cuts, precipitated by both the United States’ fiscal situation and a deal passed to raise the debt ceiling last summer, will shrink the military so it will no longer be able […]
Top of the Hour: Panetta Says US ‘Winning’ in Afghanistan, Morning Headlines
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told U.S. troops in Afghanistan that the U.S. is winning the war on Wednesday morning. “We’re moving in the right direction and we’re winning this very tough conflict,” Panetta said in an address to troops at a forward operating base near the border with Pakistan.