by Leon Panetta
National Park Service, 71, 166, 169
National Rifle Association (NRA), 143, 150
National Security Agency (NSA), 4, 228
terrorist e-mails monitored by, 247
National Security Council (NSC), 199, 200, 209, 229, 230–32, 237, 252, 282, 288, 388, 448–50
National Security Council Principals, 213–14, 231, 285, 427
in bin Laden raid, 316, 317, 321
Naval Postgraduate School, 64, 374
Naval Reserve, 189
Navy, U.S., 346, 368
Navy SEALs, 313, 316, 322–25, 330–31, 357
Nazir, Commander, 241
NCS update, 213–14
Neller, Bob, 338
Nelson, Bill, 330–31
Nelson, Lars-Erik, 171
Nelson, Win, 52
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 363, 406
New Jersey, Hurricane Sandy in, 438
New York, Hurricane Sandy in, 438
New York, N.Y., 75, 267
New York Daily News, 170–71
New York Stock Exchange, 183
New York Times, 84, 147, 151, 158, 344, 354, 398
New Zealand, 443–44
Nicaragua, 277
9/11, 228, 244, 256, 259, 331
anniversaries of, 361, 426–27
Benghazi on anniversary of, 427–32
Pentagon attack on, 183–84, 193, 360–61
post-, 2, 205, 241, 296, 337, 355, 384, 408
World Trade Center attack on, 183–84, 193, 347
Nixon, Richard M., 34, 42, 44–45, 51, 67, 134
on civil rights, 34–35, 37–38, 39, 41–44
as Eisenhower VP, 22, 34
Kuchel’s refusal to endorse, 29
in 1960 election, 18, 19, 45
and Panetta’s firing from HEW, 43–45, 46
resignation from presidency by, 52, 54
self-destruction of, 65
“Southern strategy” of, 35, 44, 45
Nixon administration, 39, 43–44, 62, 195
Norm (CIA staffer), 249
North Africa, 239, 301
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), 342
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 116–17, 123, 125–27, 192, 463
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 34, 310, 338, 399, 414, 417–18, 440
assault on Libya by, 380–82, 448
North Carolina, 110
Northern Command, U.S., 341
North Korea, 273–76, 341, 342
nuclear program of, 342, 349, 377, 395, 446
Tae Po Dung II missile of, 342
North Waziristan, 241, 285
NPR, 103
nuclear attack, preparedness for, 341–42
nuclear proliferation:
in Iran, 271–74, 348, 377, 403–8
in North Korea, 342, 349, 377, 395, 446
Nunn, Sam, 120, 147
Oakar, Mary Rose, 63
Obama, Barack, 190–91, 206, 282–83, 310, 333, 350, 363, 396, 419
on Arab Spring, 304, 381
Asia and Pacific as priorities for, 396
on bin Laden raid, 289–92, 296, 307–9, 311, 313, 315, 317–22, 326–27, 402
on budget, 372, 462–64
budget sequestration under, 375, 382, 440–42, 462–63
cabinet of, 375–76
CIA and, 214, 217–22, 228, 237–38, 266
collateral damage avoided under, 4
compassion of, 358
on Davis incident, 305
on drones, 388–92
and families of lost Afghanistan troops, 357–58
health care reform and, 132
on Iran and Israel, 404, 406–8, 412, 423
on Iraq, 250–52, 357, 392
labeled “food stamp president,” 76
on military restructuring, 385, 400, 463
on 9/11 anniversary threats, 426–27
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to, 256
Panetta appointed to CIA by, 3, 192–208, 270, 332
Panetta nominated as secretary of defense by, 317, 332–45
in presidential election, 191
reelection of, 437–39
on Somalia kidnapping, 405–6
strengths and weaknesses of, 442–43
support for gays in the military by, 365
on Syria, 448–50
on terrorism, 258–59, 261, 263, 267n
2012 State of the Union address of, 401, 402, 403
on war in Afghanistan, 250–57, 284, 287, 344, 355, 357, 417–18
on women in combat, 456
Obama, Michelle, 385, 419
Obama administration, 142, 194, 273, 381
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 185
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 168, 340
Lew at, 287, 371–72
under Panetta, 3, 80–81, 95–96, 101–22, 136–37, 147, 350, 365, 441, 462–63
oil producers, 68, 71, 108
Oklahoma City, Okla., Murrah federal building bombed in, 152, 160–62, 173
Olsen, Matt, 427
Olson, Eric, 321
O’Neill, Tip, 56, 61–62, 64, 86, 98
Operation Noble Eagle (ONE), 343
Operation Odyssey Dawn, 310
O’Sullivan, Stephanie, 203
Otaiba, Yousef al-, 413
Pakistan, 235–36, 238, 248, 256, 287, 415
Al Qaeda in, 241, 242, 245, 260–61, 268, 394
bin Laden and, 290
bin Laden captured in, 294–331
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in, 241, 242
floods in, 286
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency in, 235, 300, 378–79
North Waziristan Agency (NWA) of, 285
Panetta in, 271n
Ray Davis incident in, 304–5
Saad bin Laden in, 291
Taliban in, 261
U.S. relations with, 308–9, 316, 327–28, 339, 378–80
Palestine, Palestinians, 302, 422
Palin, Sarah, 191
Palmieri, Jennifer, 137
Panama, invasion of, 78
Panetta, Bruno (uncle), 7, 10–11
Panetta, Carmelina Prochilo (mother), 14, 15, 23
arrival in America by, 8–9, 177–78, 350
cancer and death of, 20, 40, 74, 77
at Carmelo’s Café, 10, 13
Panetta, Carmelo (father), 14, 23, 40, 48, 66, 74, 77, 257
American dream of, 7–8, 58–59, 177–78, 195, 350, 459–60, 466
as restaurant owner, 9–11, 13, 15, 457
Panetta, Carmelo (son), 20, 48–49, 193, 194, 466
Panetta, Chris (son), 19, 48–49, 466
Panetta, Jimmy (son), 42, 48, 399, 466
military service of, 189–90, 265
Panetta, Joe (brother), 9, 16, 17, 49, 50, 59, 257
Panetta, Leon:
appointed as secretary of defense, 317, 332–45
Asian travel, of, 394–96
birth of, 9
as budget director, 3, 80–81, 95–96, 101–22, 124, 136–37, 147, 350, 365, 441, 462–63
California commute of, 66
campaigning by, 54–58, 68–69
Carmel Valley home of, 15
as Catholic, 3, 12–13, 16, 18, 19, 194, 206, 257, 320, 340, 457–58
as “chief enforcer” of budget cuts, 84
CIA appointment of, 3, 192–208, 332
as CIA director, 1–2, 3, 210–332, 350, 352, 355, 413, 430, 443, 455, 457, 464, 466
CIA-related travel by, 270–71
as Clinton’s chief of staff, 3, 81, 135–81,
190, 194, 212, 336, 350, 407
in Congress, 3, 61–122, 225, 336, 350, 407
Congressional campaign of, 52–60
Congressional pay raise refused by, 62, 69
D.C. group house of, 65–66
Defense Department’s “football,” 341–42
departure as secretary of defense by, 438–39, 451, 456–57
deployment orders given by, 359
duty to country as motivation of, 3–4
education of, 12–13, 16–17
on Face the Nation, 404–5
final advice to Clinton by, 180–81
four-letter words of, 142, 190, 353–54, 356
Gingrich refuted by, 153
at Gridiron Club dinner, 413
at HEW, 3, 34–45, 50, 52
honesty and straightforwardness of, 349, 351
on House Administration Committee, 65
on House Agriculture Committee, 64–65
on House Budget Committee, 65, 372
in hunt for bin Laden, 289–302, 306–23, 333, 335, 336, 337, 338–40, 344, 347, 351
Italian heritage of, 7–8, 11, 13–14, 22, 54, 135, 178, 195, 297, 340, 350, 354, 395, 458
Italian immigrant heritage of, 4
in Joe’s Monterey law practice, 49, 50–51
as Kuchel’s Senate aide, 3, 22–23, 39, 52, 461
law practice of, 21, 50–51, 52
listening by, 85
marriage of, see Panetta, Sylvia
as military intelligence officer, 3, 20–22, 194
money returned to Treasury by, 69
as Nixon foe, 46
nominated as secretary of defense, 317, 332–45
notion of service attractive to, 17–18, 20
Pentagon office of, 347–48
popularity of, 84
possible assassination attempt against, 409–10
post–White House projects of, 182–86
as Republican, 18
return to Carmel Valley by, 180, 182
in Rome, 133–35
in ROTC, 17, 419, 459
as secretary of defense, 21, 275, 317, 345–49, 360–61, 401–36, 438–60, 464
travels as secretary of defense, 351–57, 394–400, 408–12, 420–21, 423–27, 443–46, 456–58
Woodrow Wilson Center speech of, 376–78
Panetta, Sylvia, 15, 21, 23, 33, 39, 44, 46, 48, 66, 77, 94, 102, 142, 189, 193, 194, 195, 196, 204, 250, 302, 328, 333, 335, 351, 396, 466
“America Reads” program launched by, 182
courtship and marriage of, 18–19
on Crime Prevention Council, 138
move to Washington by, 138, 336
at Panetta Institute, 190, 196–97
as Panetta’s district office director, 59–60, 65, 66, 89, 138
pregnancies and childbirth of, 19, 20, 42
return to Carmel Valley by, 180, 182
in Rome, 135–5
Panetta, Teresa Ruggiero (Tita) (stepmother), 77
Panetta, Tony (uncle), 8, 9
Panetta Review, 234
Panmunjom, 274–75
Paresi, Dane Clark, 269
Parkinson, Gaylord, 30
Parwan Detention Center, 414
Pasha, Ahmad Shuja, 235–36, 268, 305, 310, 327–28
Pebble Beach, Calif., 67, 68, 81
Pelosi, Nancy, 225–27, 375
Penkovsky, Oleg, 279–80
Penny, Tim, 119
Pentagon, 200, 212, 331, 332, 337, 338, 341, 345, 359, 369, 372, 386, 397, 416, 424, 428, 438, 440, 448
Cables in, 362–63
September 11 attack on, 183–84, 193, 360–61
the Tank at, 350–51
Perot, Ross, 91–93, 94, 114, 126, 179–80
Perry, Bill, 185, 338
Perry, Rick, 413
personal responsibility, 127
Peru, 277
Peterson Air Force Base, 342
Petraeus, David, 211n, 248–49, 257, 286, 354–55
Broadwell affair of, 439–40
at CIA, 317, 334, 336, 427, 430–31,
439–40, 449
Pew Oceans Commission, 183, 184, 193
Phung Quang Thanh, 421
Plouffe, David, 232
Podesta, John, 102, 193
populism, 128
poverty, 112, 119, 122, 124
Powell, Colin, 78, 79, 147–48, 333, 365
Predator drones, 435–36
President’s Daily Brief (PDB), 210
press, 353–54, 405–6, 412, 413
Preston, Stephen, 211, 233, 314, 315
Prochilo, Giuseppe (Nono), 8, 10–11, 457
wartime relocation of, 13–14
public accomodations, desegregation in, 28, 36
Putin, Vladimir, 284
Qaddafi, Muammar, 202, 310, 380–82, 399, 400, 448–49
Qatari government, 416
Qingdao, 444
Qom, 272
Quayle, Dan, 102
Rabin, Yitzhak, 167, 302
Rafferty, Max, 29–31, 71
Rangel, Robert, 334, 337
Rauf, Rashid, 241–42, 247
Reagan, Ronald, 34, 45, 70, 72, 95, 98, 99, 114, 138–39
deficit and tax cuts under, 83–86
Kuchel’s refusal to endorse, 29, 30, 44
poverty under, 75
Reagan Republicanism, 86
Regula, Ralph, 84
Reich, Bob, 104, 111
Reid, Harry, 337, 374–75
rendition, 193, 194, 207
Republican party, 26, 53, 62, 85, 86, 91, 93, 99, 112, 113, 119, 128, 144, 148–49, 157–58, 165, 199, 224, 234, 298, 384, 407, 413, 437, 462, 464
anger of, 98
Clinton’s budget and, 115–16, 119, 124, 125
on Clinton’s “deficit hawks,” 103
conservatives in, 28, 29, 30, 46, 51, 68–69, 70, 86, 191, 340
contentious behavior by, 162–63
Contract with America and, 150–51
and Crime Bill, 145
debt ceiling and, 165, 167, 463
on defense spending, 340, 370, 374–75
government shutdown by, 168–74
on health care reform, 128, 131–32, 142
liberals in, 46
moderates in, 18, 22, 27, 34, 45, 55, 70, 71, 86, 100, 115, 191
on NAFTA, 126–27
NAFTA supported by, 126–27
on Panetta’s CIA confirmation, 206–7
Panetta’s departure from, 51
split in, 370
Tea Party in, 76, 340, 370, 442
theatrical votes by, 442–43
in wake of Nixon’s resignation, 54
on welfare reform, 176–77
Reserves, 345, 383
Rice, Susan, 198, 431
rich, economic burdens and, 167
Richardson, Bill, 144–45
Richmond, Fred, 65
RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) military exercises, 445
Rivlin, Alice, 101–2, 104, 107, 109, 168, 171
Riyadh, 243
Rizzo, John, 211, 215–17
Robb, Chuck, 185
Roberson, Scott, 2, 269
Rockefeller, Nelson, 46
Rodriguez, Jose, 222, 226n
Roger (CIA staffer), 239–40, 241, 249, 321
Rogers, Mike, 298
Rome, 133–35, 456, 457–58
Romney, Mitt, 407, 413, 437
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 151, 457
Rostenkowski, Dan, 86, 150–51
rotational deployment, 383
Rubin, Jerome, 73
Rubin, Rob
ert, 102–6, 111, 121, 154–55
Ruemmler, Kathy, 369
Rumsfeld, Donald, 348, 381
Russell, Richard, 26
Russert, Tim, 152
Russia, 278–84, 342
Syria and, 448, 450–51
Russo, Marty, 65–66
St. Peter’s Basilica, 457–58
Salinas, Calif., 68
Sam (CTC), 292–93, 294, 314–15
same-sex marriage, 369
San Benito, Calif., 59, 69
San Luis Obispo, Calif., 53, 59, 67
Santa Barbara, Calif., oil spill in, 67–68
Santa Clara University, 17, 18, 419
Santa Cruz, Calif., 53, 59
Sardine Factory, 302
Sather Air Base, 398
Saudi Arabia, 243–44, 301, 362, 433
Scheidt, Mary Jane, 211
Schneider, Bill, 114
school desegregation, 35–42, 46
Schultz, Debbie Wasserman, 413
Schumer, Chuck, 65–66, 344, 407
SCIF (sensitive compartmented information facility), 204–5
Scott, Hugh, 26, 28
Scowcroft, Brent, 200
Seaside, Calif., 67, 78–79
Seastrand, Eric, 68–69
Senate, U.S., 3, 22, 118
Appropriations Committee of, 111
Armed Services Committee of, 317, 337, 351, 378, 431
Banking and Finance Committee of, 103
Clinton’s budget in, 118–19, 120–21, 122
Finance Committee of, 35, 108
Intelligence Committee of, 195–96, 224, 227, 266, 432
Judiciary Committee of, 41
Labor and Human Resources Committee of, 156
Panetta’s confirmation as CIA chief by, 206–7
Panetta’s Defense Department confirmation in, 344–45
subcommittee on Defense Appropriations of, 441
Transportation Committee of, 110
Seoul, 274
sexual assaults, in U.S. military, 452–53
Shahzad, Faisal, 267
Shalikashvili, John, 147–58
Shamoon (computer virus), 433
Shanker, Thom, 398
Sharon, Ariel, 422
Sharp, Skip, 274
Sheetal (executive assistant), 211
Shiite Muslims, 412
signals intelligence (SIGINT), 210
Sikes, Bob, 63–64
Simpson, Alan, 185, 191
Singapore, 384
60 Minutes, 253
Smith, Sean, 429
Smith, Stephen, 423
social justice, 127
social programs, 104, 177
Social Security, 86, 99, 115, 119, 173
Social Security Administration, 173–74
solar power, 108
Somali, Saleh al-, 247
Somalia, 391, 396
Al Qaeda in, 246–47
Al Shabaab in, 245–46
