In a letter to the Department of Defense on his first day as the new defense secretary, former CIA Director Leon Panetta assured the president, U.S. troops and the departmentâs civilian employees
MoreDefense Secretary Leon Panetta has formally notified Congress of the Pentagon’s plans to furlough its civilian employees in the event of sequestration cuts, Reuters reports. Most of the Defense Department‘s 800,000 civilian
MoreDefense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that any future attack on the U.S. will contain a cyber element as 21st-century technology has helped make cyber attacks a threat to the country, according
MoreDefense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Chuck Hagel is “absolutely” ready to replace him, according to a American Forces Press Service article. During the January 31 confirmation
MoreU.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta will be meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Afghan President Hamid Karzai separately at the Pentagon, according to a DoD article. The meetings will  focus
MoreDefense Department furloughs or other personnel actions related to sequestration would not immediately occur on Jan. 2, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wrote in a memo to Pentagon personnel sent Thursday. Any scheduled
MoreBudget uncertainty surrounding the fiscal cliff keeps the Defense Department from being able to plan the country’s future defense strategy, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday. According to CBS News, Panetta told
MoreDefense Secretary Leon Panetta and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki are moving forward the integration of both departments’ electronic health records systems to 2013 from 2014, EHR Intelligence reports. Jennifer Bresnick writes
MoreWith 70 days to go until the start of sequestration, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told reporters at a Thursday Pentagon news conference Congress needs to go to work as soon as the
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