Leon E. Panetta, JD Biography |
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Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
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Con to the question "Should the US Have Attacked Iraq?" |
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"The war in Iraq was a terrible mistake because the United States ignored every basic lesson of diplomatic and military success in the last 50 years. Somehow it thought it could win this war on the cheap, and we are paying a terrible price for that."
"Facing Reality in Iraq," Monterey County Herald, Sep. 10, 2006
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Individuals with PhD's, JD's, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. |
| Involvement and Affiliations: |
Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Founder and Co-director, Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy, 1997-2009
Member, Independent Task Force on Immigration and America’s Future
Co-Chair, Council on Base Support and Retention
Member, Board of Directors, New York Stock Exchange
Commissioner, Pew Oceans Commission
Member, Board of Directors, Bread for the World
Member, Board of Directors, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
Member, Iraq Study Group, 2006
Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton, 1994-1997
Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 1993
Chairman, House Committee on the Budget, 1989-1993
Former Chairman, Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition
Former Chairman, Administration Committee's Subcommittee on Personnel and Police
Former Chairman, Task Force on Domestic Hunger created by the US House Select Committee on Hunger
US Representative, California's 16th (now 17th) District, 1977-1993
Intelligence Officer, US Army, 1964-1966
Former Executive Assistant to former New York Mayor John Lindsay
Former Head, US Office for Civil Rights
Recipient, US Army Commendation Medal |
| Education: |
JD, Santa Clara University Law School, 1963
BA, Political Science, Santa Clara University, 1960 |
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Born on June 28, 1938 in Monterey, CA to Italian immigrant parents |
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