U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta shares a quiet word with the commander of ISAF Joint Command and deputy commander of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, Dec. 15 in Kabul. Panetta arrived at the Kabul International Airport, in Afghanistan, where IJC is located, Dec. 13 and took the opportunity to meet with coalition and Afghan leaders while visiting with deployed troops. After leaving Afghanistan, he will continue on to Baghdad, where he will observe the transition and end of combat missions in Iraq.