During an event focused on his book worthy fights, former defense secretary and cia director leon panetta offered his assessments about various issues. Leon panetta, other former obama subordinates show. But today, discussing the foreign policy issue on which hillary is most vulnerablebenghazipanetta suddenly became very. Obamas inner circle thinks panetta is helping hillary business. Its not always depression, the book, hilary jacobs hendel. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in more than a dozen categories. Leon panetta criticizes obama, calls for some boots on. Panetta show their south korean counterparts, minister of foreign affairs and trade kim sunghwan, center left, and minister of defense 120614dni589208. What panetta is doing is a hit a contract killing for hillary, morris told host john catsimatidis. Leon panetta apsusan walsh leon panettas selfrighteous fury. Panetta and clinton have had a complicated relationship since the years when he served as her husbands budget secretary. Hillary by jonah winter meet your next favorite book. Clintons economic team, omb organization, the budget process, relations with congress, healthcare reform, organization of the white house, 19951996 government shutdown, and the monica lewinsky scandal. According to the new york times, the memoranda cast a particularly harsh light on the.
Bashing obama to make way for hillary common dreams. Secretary of state hillary rodham clinton and secretary of defense leon e. Last week, panetta helped distance hillary from president obamas foreign policy failures by blasting obama for mistakes in syria and iraq. Obamas inner circle thinks panetta is helping hillary.
In an interview with the atlantic, clinton said america must develop an overarching strategy to confront the growing threat of isis, and she went so far as to equate this struggle to the one the us waged against sovietled communism. Hillary clinton for the oprah magazine this novel could be termed ayla and the ice age, since these are the primary protagonists of the story of disaster and survival. Panetta at core is a clinton person, not an obama person. Panetta even said that he, thensecretary of state hillary clinton, pretty much the entire obama national security team wanted to arm syrias rebels. Panetta, a longtime clinton confident and ally, was the only cabinet official known to have personally met with the president the night of the attack. Donald trump went beyond the pale in calling on russia to hack hillary clintons email on wednesday, leon panetta told cnns christiane amanpour. That he is partly responsible for trumps crooked hillary mantra. We want a bunch of people singing out of the same hymn book, and we want them singing a song of universal freedom, human rights, democracy, everything that we have stood for and pioneered over 235 years. Leon panetta, in an interview with usa todays susan page published just before jindals speech. Panetta s preexisting relationship with the clintons isnt the only reason some of those close to obama think his criticism of the president may be designed to help a hypothetical hillary bid. Last night bill oreilly hosted former defense secretary, leon panetta for a wide ranging interview, oreilly brought his agame drilling panetta on president obamas decision making, a blistering. In 2009, obama infamously refused to back the green revolution. An italian american democrat, he was a member of the u. House of representatives from 1977 to 1993, the director of the office of management and budget from 1993 to 1994, and president clintons chief of staff from 1994 to 1997.
I think hillary put him up to it, morris said in a telephone interview aired sunday on the cats roundtable on new yorks 970 am. Foreword hillary rodham clinton and leon panetta preface. Former bill clinton strategist dick morris explains to larry king why he thinks hillary clinton played a role in secretary of defense leon panettas recent book, which was harshly critical of. In book, panetta recounts frustration with obama the new york. Its not always depression is the most innovative and wellgrounded self help title on depression and beyond ive read in years. Women on the frontlines of peace and security with.
Watercolor, colored pencils, and lithograph crayons were used to render the illustrations. Professionally converted for accurate flowingtext ebook format reproduction, this. The change triangle may prove an efficient therapeutic tool for both patients and psychotherapists to combat psychological problems by reconnecting the self to its core emotions and basic physical reactions. Panettas book is a contract hit by hillary, by richard. In his new memoir, leon panetta describes his years as cia director and. Did leon panetta lie about hillary clinton wanting to arm. I just want to add a couple of points to ians excellent post from monday on former defense secretary leon panettas call for americans including the candidates to move on. Hillary clinton went into a rage on election night after she found out she lost. Clinton and panetta never talked during benghazi terror. Panetta launched this meme with a couple of choice sentences in the book itself. Former secretary of state hillary clinton, who also published a book this year. Hillary, he wrote, was a luminous representative for the united states in every foreign capital, as well as a smart, forceful advocate in meetings of. A picture book bio that celebrates all of hillary clintons many achievements and helps readers understand how she was raised and what has motivated her to make history with her accomplishments. A conversation with secretaries hillary clinton and leon.
Panettas preexisting relationship with the clintons isnt the only reason some of those close to obama think his criticism of the president may be designed to help a hypothetical hillary bid. Leon panetta served as the director of the central intelligence agency from 2009 to 2011 and as secretary of defense from 2011 to 20. Ayla is a transplant into the clan, and considered rather ugly due to her unusual blondeandblue appearance as a cromagnon. To bolster hillary s narrative that the failures of the foreign policy that she designed were simply not her fault. Secretary of defense panetta ordered military assets for. Panettas book is a contract hit on obama by hillary. From the rose law firm and vince foster the the blue dress and impeachment. The official also added, cuttingly, that while hillary clinton could legitimately claim to have been a hawk on syria, advocating arming the rebels, panetta could not. A memoir of leadership in war and peace, was released yesterday, and what it reveals has the media gapingdemocrats scrambling for a distraction.
Former defense secretary leon panettas new book, worthy fights. Secretary of defense leon panetta l and former secretary of state hillary clinton stand during a national anthem at an award ceremony at the pentagon in washington, february 14, 20. Next he discusses his time as senator and then his move to the clinton administration and his tackling of the budget. Panetta is trying to rewrite history politico magazine.
Ive endorsed hillary clinton, and ive also helped provide advice on. Noonans book takes us back to revisit our time with hillary, and bill, when the original showing of todays mimicry politics was first set to the stage. Gates, but more openly critical than those of former secretary of state hillary rodham clinton or former. A memoir of leadership in war and peace leon panetta, jim newton on. We get leons insight during his time under nixon and what lead to his changing parties. Hillary, he wrote, was a luminous representative for the united states in every foreign capital, as well as a. The nations latest dems only want center stage without any of the responsibility or accountability that they seem. Those who see leon panetta as a stalking horse for hillary clinton just got some more ammunition for their argument. A conversation with secretaries hillary clinton and leon panetta. Panetta, former defense secretary robert gates and former secretary of state hillary clinton have all said in memoirs that they urged a larger force remain a position obamas white house. Secretary of state hillary clinton and defense secretary leon panetta ap photo defense secretary leon panetta testified today in the senate armed services committee that he never talked to secretary of state hillary clinton on the night of sept. Reaction to bill oreillys interview with leon panetta. But panetta says he was determined to write a book that was honest. The presidential nominee has a jekyll and hyde personality that left white house staffers scared stiff of her explosive outbursts, an exsecret service officer claims in a scathing new tell.
President barack obama regularly ignored the advice of former defense secretary leon panetta and former secretary of state hillary clinton, and instead made foreign policy decisions based on the opinions of his insular white house staff, panetta writes in his new book worthy choices, scheduled for release on oct. In a critical new book, former cia director leon panetta knocks the president for relying on the logic of a law professor rather than the passion of a leader. Leon panetta about how both hillary clinton and donald. Everything was obamas fault, not hillary s and, of course, not panetta s. Msnbcs brian williams and nicolle wallace talk to fmr. Hillary clinton goes after bernie sanders with a vengeance. Leon panetta made official his endorsement of hillary clinton for president on thursday, remarking upon her experience and credentials to tackle global issues while dismissing worsening conditions. Panettas memoir focuses on several aspects of obamas foreign policy, but the section thats causing the most chatter highlights the complete lack of. Leon panetta comments on his early political life and being a congressman from california, president william j. Panetta has spent much of the past week promoting his new book. Bill clintons former chief of staff, leon panetta, has a new book with one clear motive. Like panetta, clinton has made claims that the blame for isis sudden power grab lands squarely on obamas failure to intervene in the syrian civil war. Timemagazine is running excerpts from the book by panetta, who also. The clinton paradox the panetta institute for public policy.
Panetta is a politician who comes from the crooked timber of humanity. Panettas call to move on from hillary emails to real. Since panettas book worthy fights came out, the headlines have been largely consistent. The insufferable leon panetta has a new book revealing how president obama, denis mcdonough, valerie jarrett and ben rhodes constructed every encountered policy, including defense, through a domestic political lens. Former secretary of defense and central intelligence agency director leon panetta told cnns jake tapper on tuesday evening that his old boss, thenpresident barack obama, should have done more to support the iran protests of 2009. Bashing obama to make way for hillary panettas flying the same exact antiobama flag that the hawkish clinton wing of the party has been flying all.
Leon panetta slams trump for saying my military aol news. Panetta and clinton have had a complicated relationship since the years when he served as her husbands budget secretary while she. But, like former secretary of state hillary clinton last month, panetta emphasized the sheer number of security threats faced by u. Worthy fights is leon panettas chronological memoir about his time in public service. Leon panetta, bill clintons former chief of staff who was appointed with hillary s blessing, has written a book with one clear motive. Former cia director leon panetta is the latest memoir writer to take it easy on former secretary of state hillary clinton, a frontrunner for the 2016 democratic presidential nomination, while slamming secondterm president barack obama, the new york times reports. By rejecting the advice of top aides including panetta and thensecretary of state hillary rodham clinton to begin arming syrian rebels in 2012. Bernie is a snake oil salesman who makes preposterous promises. Leon panetta, bill clintons former chief of staff, and hillary s choice for that post when he was appointed, has come out with a book with one clear motive.
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