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White House ‘Confident’ Panetta Will Continue Gates Reform Agenda At DoD

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Monday, May 9th, 2011

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President Barack Obama said he was "confident" that White House defense secretary nominee Leon Panetta would continue with efforts to trim the Pentagon's bottom line, while ensuring that U.S. national security needs are met. Speaking to reporters at the White House recently after officially naming current CIA chief Panetta and Army Gen. David Petraeus as his nominees for Defense Secretary and CIA Director, Obama said his nominees were coming into an administration "confronting urgent challenges" both domestically and abroad. However,…

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