Talk:Leon Panetta

message: Unsourced claim that "Panetta chose to enforce civil rights and equal education laws" (not sure the significance given that this was his job) ... As far as I understand, Panetta resigned after he read an article claiming Nixon was planning on firing him as part of the Southern Strategy. Never heard of any actions Panetta took that were in confrontation with direct orders. Section needs to be edited and cited or removed. Riselikehelium (talk) 20:37, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Civil Rights

message: Huh? --SB_Johnny | talk 16:00, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Vandalism plus a mistake by a Huggler. Fixed. Avruch  T   17:56, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Pencil pushing highlights" 

message: If he graduated from law school in 1963, it's kind of odd he wasn't sworn in as a member of the bar in December 1963.  Most California attorneys take and pass the bar exam immediately out of law school while their memory of their broader legal training is still fresh. Panetta's official record indicates he was admitted (i.e. sworn in) on January 12, 1965.  Something strange is going on... --Coolcaesar (talk) 20:36, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: As it says in the article (and as it said back in June 2010) he joined the Army after law school, so he may not have needed to join the California bar right away. Lagrange613 06:11, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

text: California's 17th congressional district says Panetta was redistricted there from the 16th as a result of the 1992 redistricting. He served such a short time because Clinton tapped him for OMB. Lagrange613 06:11, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timeline is kind of odd 

message: this is one of the most biased pages I've ever seen at wiki. He switched parties to Dems since the R's were moving too far to the right? give me a break! Nixon was one of the most liberal Republican Presidents ever. He switched parties since he thought that was personally the most advantageous to himself, this was 1971 after all. Another Arlene Spector.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.177.190.232 (talk) 04:05, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's supposedly the reason he gave, and although Nixon was quite liberal for a Republican, the party itself was seen by many as moving to the right after 1964. --Mrdie (talk) 12:38, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

text: Nixon was an outlier within the party, as he was uncomfortable with the Republican realignment with the South in the late 1960s.  Prior to this, the party was primarily concerned with free markets.  After the realignment, it became the party of social conservatives who were mainly opposed to the new civil rights legislation.  This is the rightward shift that the article talks about. --Icowrich (talk) 00:50, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

text: There's something to this, but I think the page is okay for two reasons. Firstly, it doesn't really give him that much credit, only claiming that he "presided over" the operations, which is undeniably true. Secondly, there were three CIA directors during the Bush years, making credit for Bin Laden's death so spread out that Leon Panetta probably contributed about as much as anyone else. In the end, it's all classified, so we won't know for sure for a while. A2soup (talk) 21:06, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias 

message: Seems that there is interesting linkages to Marxist think tanks for Leon Panetta. See www.wnd.com/?pageId=312429 and www.usasurvival.org/ck06.14.2011.html. I'm mentioning this because all of the people in government, in general, have terrible pasts in one way or the other, and it seems Leon is no exception. Wikipedia is a good forum to expose all politicians for their pasts and past associations.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mickrussom (talk • contribs) 15:56, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course this is nonsense based on unreliable sources and has no place in the article. Lagrange613 22:05, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ties to Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) 

message: Did I miss something?  What did Panetta do from 1997 to 2009?BooksXYZ (talk) 18:43, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing Years? 

message: Panetta was to leave the position this month, however on February 14th 2013, Republicans in congress filibustered the succession of Chuck Hagel; requiring Panetta to stay in the position. A section of this mention should be made.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.248.96.126 (talk) 01:41, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Continuance after Chuck Hagel Confirmation Fillibuster 

message: He is a member of Oracle's Board
https://www.oracle.com/corporate/executives/board-of-directors.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.51.3.229 (talk) 16:14, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oracle director 

message: Panetta does not seem to still occupy many of the positions listed in the "Responsibilities" section, and some of these organizations no longer exist. There is no mention of Panetta on the websites of the NYSE, Close Up Foundation, Junior Statesmen Foundation, or Public Policy Institute of California. The only verifiable position he holds is on the Board of Directors of Oracle. Connetics Investor Relations does not exist anymore, and the reference simply redirects to the successor firm's homepage.
Fresh sources and possible removal of old or unverifiable positions may be necessary. Lithiumaneurysm (talk) 05:20, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Responsibilities out of date