MONTEREY COUNTY LOCAL LEON PANETTA, WHO HAS BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF THE C.I.A. FOR THE LAST 2 AND-A-HALF YEARS, WAS SWORN-IN THIS MORNING AS THE 23RD SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. PANETTA REPLACES ROBERT GATES, AND WILL NEED TO FIND A WAY TO CUT THE BUDGET 400 BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT DOZEN YEARS. IN A PAGE FROM ROBERT GATES’ playbook, PANETTA IS coming in with only a few new aides.
