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• AP sources: Panetta opens combat roles to women

  January 23, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military’s ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite … 71

• Panetta salutes gays in military

  June 15, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta today thanked gay and lesbian military members for their service, as the Pentagon prepares to mark June as gay pride month with an official … 24

• Taliban fire on Afghan officials at attack site

  March 13, 2012 in Nation/World BALANDI, Afghanistan — The Taliban insurgents opened fire just as two brothers of Afghan President Hamid Karzai left a village mosque where a memorial service was being held for 16 … 2

• CIA fires Spokane psychologists’ firm

  June 16, 2009 in City on Page A12 WASHINGTON – The CIA has fired a firm run by two Spokane psychologists who helped introduce waterboarding and other harsh methods to the agency’s interrogation techniques, according to a news …

• Obama’s CIA pick attracts criticism

  January 6, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama has selected Leon E. Panetta, a former California congressman with little experience on intelligence matters, to serve as the next director of the CIA. The …