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Leon Panetta: President Obama has made clear that a selection of Leon Panetta was intended as a clean break with the past, a break…

On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
President Obama has made clear that a selection of Leon Panetta was intended as a clean break with the past, a break from secret detentions and coercive interrogation, a break from outsourcing its work to a small army of contractors, and a break from analysis that was not only wrong, but the product of bad practice, that helped lead our nation to war.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

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Panetta discusses Obama's intent for reforming CIA practices.

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