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<title><![CDATA[Leon Panetta - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/18033.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Leon Panetta]]></description><category domain="18033">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Real Legacy of President Carter]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/leon-panetta-real-legacy-president-jimmy-carter-opinion-2012582</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a word, he was a genuinely good person and that proved to be both his strength and his weakness.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Afghanistan War Lessons That We Cannot Forget]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/opinions/afghanistan-panetta-war-lessons-9-11/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the US troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan continues and the Taliban threaten builds, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta writes that President Biden has a wide array of military, diplomatic and intelligence resources that can be deployed to support the country even in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Political Consultant Who Ennobled the Profession]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/11/24/a_political_consultant_who_ennobled_the_profession_144713.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s easy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' maybe, unavoidable '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' to come away from the recent (and apparently ongoing), campaign season feeling jaded about politics. Or, worse. So, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s especially timely and important to recall what politics in this democratic republic is -- or ought to be. And that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Faces the Greatest Test of His Presidency]]></title>
							<link>https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/trump-faces-the-greatest-test-of-his-presidency-1.68878115</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Another conflict in Middle East would only result in bloodshed and miseries for the region]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We're Living in a More Dangerous World]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/international/444415-leon-panetta-were-living-in-a-more-dangerous-world</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What every president has come to realize is that there are no short-cuts and no substitute for the careful work required to develop strategies that avoid chaos.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Checks &amp; Balances: Who Leads in a Government Shutdown?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/425346-checks-and-balances-who-leads-in-a-government-shutdown</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our forefathers in their wisdom established a system of checks and balances in our Constitution to limit power in any one branch of government. That system has worked effectively for more than 200 years to limit power, but it also led to periods of legislative gridlock.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There Will Be No Winners From This Shutdown]]></title>
							<link>https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20181228/leon-panetta-there-will-be-no-winners-from-this-shutdown</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When budget negotiations broke down between President Bill Clinton and the Republican Congress in late 1995, a shutdown of the federal government occurred during the Christmas holidays.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Save America From Trump's Foreign Policy Hell]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/leon-panetta-how-save-america-president-trumps-foreign-policy-hell-opinion-1039384</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA["If you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re going through hell, keep going.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That old adage, often attributed to Winston Churchill, is probably not bad advice for a nation that is desperately trying to understand the erratic policies of a president who refuses to follow any rules, traditions or processes of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The World Needs to Know Trump Is Not Who We Are]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/opinions/leon-panetta-the-world-needs-to-know-trump-is-not-who-we-are/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, Congress has an opportunity to speak for the majority of Americans by passing the Dream Act. It's an opportunity to affirm the fundamental and unchangeable values of who we are as a people: a nation of immigrants, writes former Secretary of State Leon Panetta.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blowing Up the Debt Is a Threat to America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/11/17/blowing-up-debt-threatens-america-congress-isnt-even-trying-leon-panetta-column/869960001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The original purpose of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Budget and Impoundment'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Act enacted in 1974'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' was to enforce fiscal discipline. It called for Congress to report'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a budget resolution by April 1 of each year that included spending limits, enforcement provisions and a five-year plan to reduce deficits and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Oil-Export Ban Harms National Security]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Oil-Export+Ban+Harms+National+Security&amp;oq=The+Oil-Export+Ban+Harms+National+Security&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.494j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;es_sm=122&amp;ie=UTF-8</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States faces a startling array of global security threats, demanding national resolve and the resolve of our closest allies in Europe and Asia. Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s moves to become a regional hegemon, Russia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s aggression in Ukraine, and conflicts driven by Islamic terrorism...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&quot;Open Question&quot; If Enhanced Interrogation Helped]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/05/03/panetta_open_question_if_waterboarding_helped_find_bin_laden.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Latest Politics, News &amp; Election VideosTweet${title}BRIAN WILLIAMS: I'd like to ask you about the sourcing on the intel that ultimately led to this successful attack. Can you confirm that it was as a result of waterboarding that we learned what we needed to learn to go after bin...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress and the CIA: Time to Move On]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/31/AR2009073102607.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[CIA's Leon Panetta's speech to Maryland grads]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/directors-remarks-maryland-commencement.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thank you very much. President Mote, distinguished deans and faculty, all the alumni, families, the friends, proud members of the class of 2009, I am truly honored to have this opportunity to share in this wonderful graduation ceremony.
And, first and foremost, let me extend my deepest...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Leon Panetta's Opening Remarks at Confirmation Hearing]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/02/leon_panettas_opening_remarks.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Leon Panetta</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Statement to the Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceMadame Chairman, Mr. Vice Chairman, and distinguished Members of the Committee, I am honored to appear before you today as the President's nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. I want to begin by thanking the President...]]></description>
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