A smaller Defense Department that is more reliant on solid intelligence gathering , and an increasingly militarized CIA more heavily involved in armed conflicts . Gen. David Brooks has been nominated to head the CIA . Deputy Director Leon Panetta has been nominated to head the Defense Department . Petraeus will provide much - needed leadership for an agency more heavily involved in military missions . Panetta will likely help in an era of declining Pentagon budgets and fewer large - scale conflicts .
Gen. David Brooks has been nominated to head the CIA . Deputy Director Leon Panetta has been nominated to head the Defense Department . Petraeus will provide much - needed leadership for an agency more heavily involved in military missions . Panetta will likely help in an era of declining Pentagon budgets and fewer large - scale conflicts .