Yes because Patreus wants to run for President..
I thought I heard him say that last year.
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Topic started on 27-4-2011 @ 09:14 AM by Advantage
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President Barack Obama plans to name CIA Director Leon Panetta as the next secretary of defense and move Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, into the CIA chief's job in a major shuffle of the nation's national security leadership, administration and other sources said Wednesday.
President Barack Obama plans to name CIA Director Leon Panetta as the next secretary of defense and move Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, into the CIA chief's job in a major shuffle of the nation's national security leadership, administration and other sources said Wednesday.
reply posted on 27-4-2011 @ 09:18 AM by Advantage
5 Facts about Patraeus ( though these arent the juicy ones 
)
* Petraeus, 58, replaced General Stanley McChrystal in June 2010 as the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. He is widely credited with pulling Iraq back from the brink of all-out sectarian warfare, while head of U.S. Central Command overseeing a region including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Yemen after 2008.
* A Republican favorite, Petraeus has often been mentioned as a possible future presidential candidate, but has said he has no interest in the job. Although once a registered Republican, Petraeus stresses his independence and has not voted for years. But suspicions linger in the Obama White House that he might harbor secret political ambitions and could pose a fierce challenge to Democrats some day.
* Known as a "warrior-scholar," Petraeus earned a doctoral degree from Princeton University and did his dissertation on the war in Vietnam. He oversaw development of the counter-insurgency field manual guiding the U.S. armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, which serves as the backbone of Afghan war strategy.
* Petraeus has survived his share of physical challenges. He was successfully treated for prostate cancer. His pelvis was broken in a parachuting accident and he was shot in the chest in a training exercise.
* Fiercely competitive and extremely fit, the general was once known to challenge younger soldiers to push-up contests.
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) * Petraeus, 58, replaced General Stanley McChrystal in June 2010 as the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. He is widely credited with pulling Iraq back from the brink of all-out sectarian warfare, while head of U.S. Central Command overseeing a region including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Yemen after 2008.
* A Republican favorite, Petraeus has often been mentioned as a possible future presidential candidate, but has said he has no interest in the job. Although once a registered Republican, Petraeus stresses his independence and has not voted for years. But suspicions linger in the Obama White House that he might harbor secret political ambitions and could pose a fierce challenge to Democrats some day.
* Known as a "warrior-scholar," Petraeus earned a doctoral degree from Princeton University and did his dissertation on the war in Vietnam. He oversaw development of the counter-insurgency field manual guiding the U.S. armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, which serves as the backbone of Afghan war strategy.
* Petraeus has survived his share of physical challenges. He was successfully treated for prostate cancer. His pelvis was broken in a parachuting accident and he was shot in the chest in a training exercise.
* Fiercely competitive and extremely fit, the general was once known to challenge younger soldiers to push-up contests.
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reply posted on 27-4-2011 @ 09:38 AM by Advantage
ANyhoo... back to big kid conversation that SHOULD trump the birth certificate nonsense:
5 facts about Panetta.. again.. not the juicy ones.
* Panetta, 72, is a long-standing Democrat who made his mark in Washington with success in cutting the federal budget deficit during the 1990s. As chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee, his negotiations with the White House in 1990 forced Republican President George H.W. Bush to violate his "read my lips, no new taxes" pledge. This budget deal is credited with helping catapult Bill Clinton, a Democrat, to the White House in 1992.
* Panetta became Obama's director of the CIA in February 2009. He pushed forward with the drone strikes against militant suspects in tribal areas along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan that started in the George W. Bush administration. As spy chief he traveled to more than 30 countries.
* Clinton appointed him to head the Office of Management and Budget where he helped shape Clinton's 1993 budget agreement that raised taxes and moved the country on track to balance the budget. He took over as Clinton's White House chief of staff, and in 1996 helped negotiate a deal ending the shutdown of the federal government that resulted from a budget impasse many blamed on overly eager Republicans in Congress. He left the White House before the president got embroiled in an impeachment fight with Congress.
* Panetta was educated at Santa Clara University and its law school. After serving a stint in the Army he went to work for a series of moderate or liberal Republicans.
* President Richard Nixon appointed him director of the Office of Civil Rights, which he left due to disagreement with the Republican White House over civil rights enforcement. He quit the Republican party and became a Democrat in 1971 and was elected to his first term in Congress in 1976, representing a district near San Francisco. (Writing by Jackie Frank, Additional reporting by mark Hosenball; Editing by Vicki Allen)
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5 facts about Panetta.. again.. not the juicy ones.
* Panetta, 72, is a long-standing Democrat who made his mark in Washington with success in cutting the federal budget deficit during the 1990s. As chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee, his negotiations with the White House in 1990 forced Republican President George H.W. Bush to violate his "read my lips, no new taxes" pledge. This budget deal is credited with helping catapult Bill Clinton, a Democrat, to the White House in 1992.
* Panetta became Obama's director of the CIA in February 2009. He pushed forward with the drone strikes against militant suspects in tribal areas along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan that started in the George W. Bush administration. As spy chief he traveled to more than 30 countries.
* Clinton appointed him to head the Office of Management and Budget where he helped shape Clinton's 1993 budget agreement that raised taxes and moved the country on track to balance the budget. He took over as Clinton's White House chief of staff, and in 1996 helped negotiate a deal ending the shutdown of the federal government that resulted from a budget impasse many blamed on overly eager Republicans in Congress. He left the White House before the president got embroiled in an impeachment fight with Congress.
* Panetta was educated at Santa Clara University and its law school. After serving a stint in the Army he went to work for a series of moderate or liberal Republicans.
* President Richard Nixon appointed him director of the Office of Civil Rights, which he left due to disagreement with the Republican White House over civil rights enforcement. He quit the Republican party and became a Democrat in 1971 and was elected to his first term in Congress in 1976, representing a district near San Francisco. (Writing by Jackie Frank, Additional reporting by mark Hosenball; Editing by Vicki Allen)
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reply posted on 27-4-2011 @ 10:05 AM by ladyjem
I started a thread regarding this shuffle earlier.
ATS Thread
I addressed a point or two that seemed odd to me as well.
ATS Thread
I addressed a point or two that seemed odd to me as well.
reply posted on 27-4-2011 @ 10:18 AM by Advantage
Originally posted by ladyjem
I started a thread regarding this shuffle earlier.
ATS Thread
I addressed a point or two that seemed odd to me as well.
SOrry, I looked and didnt see your thread!
reply posted on 27-4-2011 @ 11:26 AM by bekod
this is real news and means more than the BC crap, to me this means the CIA will have more front line combat than it does now, more say so, if and
when TSHTF , will be more in "combat" than intell. www.cia.gov... and this does not make any sense
Leon Edward Panetta became the 19th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on 13 February 2009. As Director, he leads the Agency and manages human intelligence and open source collection programs on behalf of the Intelligence Community.why put him in the SecoDef??????
Mr. Panetta has dedicated much of his life to public service. Before joining CIA, he spent 10 years co-directing with his wife, Sylvia, the Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy, based at California State University, Monterey Bay. The Institute is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit center that seeks to instill in young men and women the virtues and values of public service. In March 2006, he was chosen as a member of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan committee established at the urging of Congress to conduct an independent assessment of the war in Iraq.
edit on 27-4-2011 by bekod because: added info. and word edit. added link
reply posted on 27-4-2011 @ 04:10 PM by sepermeru
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To be fair, "spook" for CIA agent is also a little archaic now. It feels a bit like saying they're not groovy. But I can second that it's a legitimate alternate use with no connection to the racist version (as opposed to something a poster just likes to say so he thinks it's okay that it happens to be a slur as well -- that happens sometimes, but isn't the case here).
To be fair, "spook" for CIA agent is also a little archaic now. It feels a bit like saying they're not groovy. But I can second that it's a legitimate alternate use with no connection to the racist version (as opposed to something a poster just likes to say so he thinks it's okay that it happens to be a slur as well -- that happens sometimes, but isn't the case here).
edit on 27-4-2011 by sepermeru because: edit button makes me happy
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