Topic - Leon E. Panetta

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  Military leaders, Clinton push for sea treaty

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the nation's top military leaders pleaded on Wednesday for Senate approval of a long-spurned high-seas treaty, arguing that the pact will boost U.S. national security and create much-needed American jobs.

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  Military leaders urge ratification of sea treaty

  Top U.S. military officials urged Congress Wednesday to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty, noting a more assertive China, a race for maritime energy resources, and a need to keep sea navigation free.

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  GAFFNEY: Bad timing for LOST

  This week, the Obama administration will roll out its big guns in support of President Obama's latest assault on American sovereignty and security interests: the U.N. Law of the Sea Treaty (better known as LOST).

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  Pentagon to address F-22 pilots' oxygen fears

  Defense Secretary Defense Leon E. Panetta on Tuesday directed the Air Force to take measures addressing pilots' concerns about the F-22 Raptor fighter jet's oxygen system.

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Panetta's climate warning just for others

  I just read "Panetta's next war" (Comment & Analysis, Tuesday) and it really made me chuckle.

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  U.S. talking to Taliban on freeing serviceman

  The Pentagon's two top leaders said Thursday the Obama administration is working to secure the freedom of a U.S. soldier taken prisoner three years ago in Afghanistan, despite an impasse in talks to trade him for Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Panetta's carbon-footprint hypocrisy

  Victor Davis Hanson wrote a wonderful Op-Ed pillorying a number of this administration's Cabinet secretaries, calling into question the competence of Timothy F. Geithner, Kenneth L. Salazar, Steven Chu, Eric H. Holder Jr. and Hilda L. Solis ("Cabinet gone wild," May 3).

• Inside China: Hobnobbing, war hysteria escalate

  Billed as the most important and substantial military exchange visit with the United States in nine years, the grand tour from Friday through Thursday by a large Chinese military delegation – led by Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie – received royal treatment at the Pentagon this week.

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  Inside Politics: NAACP launches voter-registration push

  Saying it won't let recently enacted voter ID laws suppress turnout, the NAACP on Wednesday launched a nationwide drive to register thousands of mostly minority, student and elderly voters before the Nov. 6 elections.

• Inside the Ring: PLA general denies cyberwar

  Aggressive Chinese cyberespionage and digital warfare capabilities were major topics this week during talks between senior U.S. and Chinese defense officials.

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  Panetta welcomes Chinese general at Pentagon

  Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta on Monday welcomed Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie to the Pentagon for a broad discussion of security issues that include North Korea, Afghanistan and counter-piracy.

• Inside the Ring: China launcher proliferation

  China Defense Minister Liang Guanglie will visit the United States this week and is expected to face questioning on the presence of a Chinese-made mobile strategic-missile launcher that was spotted carrying a new North Korean long-range missile in Pyongyang on April 15.

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  Pentagon preps chopping block for next round of base closures

  Defense Department officials are quick to say the formal process of selecting U.S. military bases for closure will not begin until Congress says so.

• DE BORCHGRAVE: The global house of cards

  Rumor has it that a new Broadway musical on Washington will soon be in production. It draws on "Jersey Shore" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."

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  Panetta praises Brazil as an emerging power

  Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta praised Brazil's emergence as a global power Wednesday, urging the nation to become more involved in security efforts around the world by assisting in places like Africa.

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