A reporter from a local television station takes a photo of Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta during a press conference on March 8, 2012, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Panetta expressed the importance of Hawaii in the U.S. Pacific strategy. Panetta is visiting Hawaii to attend the U.S. Pacific Command, change of command ceremony where Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard will relinquish command to Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear, III March 9.