Leon Panetta
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Reid adds cybersecurity to 2012 Senate agenda. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee leaders applaud importance placed on cybersecurity.
November 17, 2011 -
The hospital is a merger of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and the Bethesda National Naval Medical Center. The Army moved patients from the Washington facility to the Bethesda campus and a new hospital at Fort Belvoir in Northern Virginia.
November 11, 2011 -
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Attorney General Eric Holder are expressing their opposition to a move prevent terror suspects from being tried in Federal Court. The two of them sent a letter to Senate leaders saying the Republican measure would deprive them of a potent weapon in the fight against terrorism. They also claim it could lead increase the risk of terrorists escaping justice and putting other people in danger.
October 31, 2011 -
Maj. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins Jr., Hawkins, who currently serves as deputy director for command, control, communications and computer systems for the Joint Staff, will take over for current DISA director Lt. Gen. Carroll Pollett.
October 31, 2011 -
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wants the department to have at least part of its books ready for audit well in advance of the Congressionally-mandated 2017 deadline. The edict could prove challenging for some components of DoD.
October 14, 2011 -
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says there is no clear set of conditions in Libya that will trigger an end to the combat mission.
October 07, 2011 -
Senator Barbara Mikulski join the Federal Drive to talk about the Pentagon\'s planned hiring freeze in today\'s DoD Report.
July 14, 2011 -
Democratic Senators, led by Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), say Panetta\'s plan breaks the law.
July 12, 2011 -
As Congress and the White House duke it out over the debt ceiling debate. Federal workers are left to wonder what will happen to them. Federal News radio’s senior correspondent Mike Causey says right now…
July 11, 2011 -
Leon Panetta is in Iraq for his first visit since taking the helm at the Pentagon. Learn more in your DoD Report
July 11, 2011 -
William Lynn is stepping down as Defense Department deputy secretary.
July 07, 2011 -
Leon Panetta will be sworn in today as the next defense secretary. David Petraeus was confirmed by the Senate yesterday as the next CIA director.
July 01, 2011 -
USPS cancels bonuses for executives, officers and administrative staff.
July 01, 2011 -
Leon Panetta will start his new job as the Defense secretary tomorrow.
June 30, 2011 -
The new DoD secretary will need to concentrate on military spending cuts and withdrawing troops from the Middle East, according to Lawrence Korb, a former assistant secretary of defense under President Reagan.
June 24, 2011