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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on March 20, 2023. China's muted reaction to the Wagner mercenary group uprising against Russia's military belies Beijing's growing anxieties over the war in Ukraine and how this affects the global balance of power. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

China linking with Russia, Iran and North Korea poses dangerous threat to U.S., former leaders warn

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 11, 2011, file photo, a U.S. Army soldier walks past an American flag hanging in preparation for a ceremony commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan. The final phase of ending America's “forever war” in Afghanistan after 20 years formally began Saturday, May 1, 2021, with the withdrawal of the last U.S. and NATO troops by the end of summer. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Pentagon offers little detail on support for Afghanistan after U.S. pullout

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This April 28, 2011, file photo shows President Barack Obama with then-outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and then-Defense Secretary-nominee Leon Panetta, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Richard Grenell critics ought to remember Leon Panetta

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

West Point to honor Leon Panetta this fall in ceremony

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In this May 17, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly listen to the national anthem during commencement exercises at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. Six months into presidency, Trump is saddled with a stalled agenda, a West Wing that resembles a viper’s nest, a cloud of investigations and a Republican Party that is starting to break away. Against that daunting backdrop, Trump moved July 28 to overhaul his senior team, installing Kelly as White House chief of staff. The hard-nosed, retired general replaces Reince Priebus, a Republican operative who was skeptical of Trump’s electoral prospects last year.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump’s six-month stall sparks a White House shake-up

By JULIE PACE and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Then-CIA Director nominee Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in this June 9, 2011, file photo. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Leon Panetta: Donald Trump ‘undermining the credibility’ of intel community with Twitter tirades

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center, is escorted to a secure floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, to be questioned in a closed-door hearing of the House Benghazi Committee. The panel, chaired by Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., is investigating the 2012 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, where a violent mob killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

JENNY BETH MARTIN: Curtain lifted on Iran deal

By Jenny Beth Martin

In his memoir, Robert Gates (right) wrote that President Obama did not always live up to budget agreements and suspected top brass of conspiracies against the commander in chief. Mr. Obama once retorted to the command by saying "that's an order," which Mr. Gates found unprecedented. (Associated Press)

Obama military strategy blasted by Robert Gates, Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Former Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (Associated Press) **FILE**

Leon Panetta’s official portrait, with dog Bravo, unveiled at Pentagon

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Then-CIA Director nominee Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in this June 9, 2011, file photo. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Leon Panetta, ex-CIA head, on terror attack on America: ‘It’s a matter of time’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, listens as President Barack Obama, right, talks about Hagel's resignation in the State Dining Room of the White House on Monday. (Associated Press)

Chuck Hagel: George W. Bush was the worst commander-in-chief

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Leon Panetta (Associated Press)

BRUCE FEIN: Leon Panetta is an unreflective man

By Bruce Fein

President Barack Obama listens as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Nov. 28, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Panetta decries Obama ‘red line’ blunder on Syria

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama listens as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Nov. 28, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

FEIN: Leon Panetta’s foreign policy hallucinations

By Bruce Fein

** FILE ** In this Feb. 13, 2013, file photo, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks during his last news conference as defense secretary at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Panetta: Obama vacillated on Syria

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Former Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (Associated Press) **FILE**

Former Obama secretaries Panetta, Gates criticize president on Islamic State handling

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

CIA seeks time on response to interrogation report

By STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 12, 2012 file photo shows a man walking through a room in the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. is doggedly pursuing the question of whether military personnel were told to “stand down” during the 2012 deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, despite the insistence of military leaders and other Republicans that it never happened. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri, File)

House GOP pursues Benghazi ‘stand down’ probe

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

Former Defense Secretary Panetta gets Truman Award

Associated Press

Former Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (Associated Press) **FILE**

Leon Panetta: Military readiness ‘badly damaged’ by sequester

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times