DOD Leaders Strongly Urge Congress to Preserve Budget Request
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2012 – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta cautioned Congress today against dismantling the strategic framework that supports the 2013 defense budget request.
Obama Thanks Service Members in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2012 – During his surprise trip to Afghanistan today, President Barack Obama found some time — between signing a strategic agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and delivering a speech to be broadcast back to the United States – to speak with U.S. service members at Bagram Airfield.
Panetta Cites Value of Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, March 13, 2012 – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta arrived here today on his first official visit to Kyrgyzstan, which is home to a transit center for all U.S. troops entering or leaving Afghanistan.
U.S. Leaders Recall Japan Disasters, Relief Efforts
WASHINGTON– President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta issued statements on Friday marking the upcoming one-year anniversary of the “3/11†earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated Japan.