title: Leon Panetta
text: Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) was the 23rd United States Secretary of Defense from 2011 until 2013. Before that, he served as director of the CIA from 2009 to 2011 and as Bill Clinton's White House Chief of staff from 1994 to 1997.
  
  Panetta was born on June 28, 1938 in Monterey, California to an Itallian-American family. He studied at Santa Clara University. He served in the army from 1964 until 1966. He had won an Army Commendation Medal for his services in the force. Panetta is married to Sylvia Panetta.
  
  References
  
  Other websites
  
   Office of the Secretary of Defense 
   Biography of the Central Intelligence Agency (archived)
  
   Biography of Panetta, Hartnell University
   Conversations with History – Interview with Leon Panetta, UC Berkeley Institute of International Studies
   The Panetta Institute for Public Policy
  
  1938 births
  Living people
  Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency
  White House Chiefs of Staff
  Directors of the Office of Management and Budget
  United States Secretaries of Defense
  Politicians from California
  American military people
  US Democratic Party politicians