Job Title:	White House Chief of Staff under President Clinton
Term of Office:	January, 1994 – April 14, 1997
Predecessor:	Mack McLarty
Successor:	Erskine Bowles
Date of Birth:	June 28, 1938
Political Party:	Democrat

Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) is a former White House Chief of Staff to Bill Clinton, a former member of the United States House of Representatives, and the founder and director of the Panetta Institute. Image File history File linksMetadata Leon_Panetta,_informal_photo. ... Joshua B. Bolten, the current White House Chief of Staff. ... Order: 42nd President Term of Office: January 20, 1993–January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas Date of death: Place of death: First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic Vice... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty III, (born 1946) is a prominent Arkansas business and political leader and former White House Chief of Staff for US President Bill Clinton, and current President of Kissinger McLarty Associates (his consulting company with Henry Kissinger) and President and Chief Executive Officer of Asbury Automotive Arkansas... Erskine Boyce Bowles is an American businessman and political figure from the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries â€¢ Politics Portal      This list of political parties in the United States contains past and present political parties in... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Joshua B. Bolten, the current White House Chief of Staff. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ...

Early life & schooling

Panetta was born in Monterey, California, the son of Italian immigrants who owned a restaurant there. He was raised in the Monterey area, and attended Catholic schools St. Carlos Grammar School and Carmel Mission School. He continued his education at Monterey High School, a public school where he became involved in student politics. As a junior he was Vice President of the Student Body, and became President of the Student Body as a senior. Flag Seal Nickname: The Cradle of History, Californias First City Location Location of Monterey, California Government County Monterey Mayor Dan Albert Geographical characteristics Area     City 11. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Catholic students of the Cathedral Church of St. ... The term public school has different (and in some cases contradictory) meanings due to regional differences. ...

In 1956 he entered Santa Clara University, and in 1960 he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He also received a Juris Doctor in 1963 from the Santa Clara University Law School, and soon after began practicing law. A view of Mission Santa Clara from the Kenna Lawn. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... Political science is the field of the social sciences concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... Juris Doctor (Latin for Teacher of Law) or J.D. is a degree in law offered by universities in a number of countries. ... SCU Law Schools Bergin Hall The Santa Clara University School of Law was founded in 1912 and is known for its diverse student body and excellent reputations in high tech and public service law. ...

In 1964 he joined the United States Army as a Second Lieutenant. There he received the Army Commendation Medal, and was discharged in 1966 as a Captain. The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned rank in many armed forces. ... The Commendation Medal is a mid-level United States military award which is presented for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service. ... This article concerns the rank and title of Captain. ...

Political career

Panetta started politics in 1966 as a legislative assistant to Republican Senator Thomas Kuchel, the United States Senate Minority Whip from California, whom Panetta has called "a tremendous role model" [1]. A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... Categories: People stubs | 1910 births | 1994 deaths | United States Senators ... Traditionally the second ranking position in the minority party in the United States Senate. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

In 1969 he became the assistant to Robert H. Finch, Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Nixon administration. Soon thereafter he was appointed Director of the Office for Civil Rights. Robert Hutchison Finch (October 9, 1925 - October 10, 1995) was a Republican politician from Southern California. ... The United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare was the head of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. ... Seal The United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare (also known as HEW) was a cabinet level department of the United States government from 1953 until 1979. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994) was the thirty-sixth (1953–1961) Vice President, and the thirty-seventh (1969–1974) President of the United States. ...

Panetta chose to enforce civil rights and equal education laws, even under political pressure not to from then-president Nixon, who was implementing his "Southern strategy". Robert Mardian said of Panetta: "Doesn't he understand Nixon promised the Southern delegates he would stop enforcing the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts?" [2]. Secretary Finch and Assistant Secretary John Veneman refused to fire Panetta, threatening to resign if forced to do so. A few weeks later in 1970, Panetta resigned and left Washington to work as Executive Assistant for John Lindsay, the Republican Mayor of New York City. He wrote about this experience in his 1971 book Bring Us Together: The Nixon Team and the Civil Rights Retreat. Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the focus of the Republican party on winning U.S. Presidential elections by securing the electoral votes of the U.S. Southern states through its racial appeals to white southerners. ... Robert Charles Mardian (born October 23, 1923) is a former United States Republican party official who served in the administration of Richard Nixon, but was embroiled in the Watergate scandal as one of the Watergate Seven who were indicted by a Grand Jury for campaign violations. ... John Vliet Lindsay (November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician who served as a Congressman (1959-1965) and mayor of New York City (1966-1973). ... Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...

He moved back to Monterey to practice law at Panetta, Thompson & Panetta from 1971 through to 1976.

Congressional work

Panetta switched to the Democratic Party in 1971, as he felt the Republican Party was moving away from the center and was working against civil rights legislation. In 1976 he was elected to Congress to represent California's 16th congressional district (the 17th district after the 2000 census), and was reelected for nine terms. The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... California congressional districts since 2003. ... California congressional districts since 2003. ... 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...

During his time in Congress, his work concentrated mostly on budget issues, civil rights, education, health, and environmental issues, particularly preventing oil drilling off the California coast. He wrote the Hunger Prevention Act (Public Law 100-435) of 1988 and the Fair Employment Practices Resolution. He was a major factor in establishing the Monterey Bay National Maritime Sanctuary.

His positions included:

• Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on the Budget
• Chairman of the Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition
• Chairman of the Administration Committee's Subcommittee on Personnel and Police
• Chairman of the Task Force on Domestic Hunger created by the U.S. House Select Committee on Hunger
• Vice Chairman of the Caucus of Vietnam-Era Veterans in Congress
• Member of the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies.

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Budget work

Panetta (right) meets with National Security Advisor Anthony Lake and President Clinton in 1994.

He was a key participant of the 1990 Budget Summit, and served on the U.S. House Committee on the Budget from 1979 to 1985, as well as being the chairman from 1989 to 1993. Anthony Lake, Bill Clinton, and Leon Panetta at the White House, October 11, 1994. ... Anthony Lake, Bill Clinton, and Leon Panetta at the White House, October 11, 1994. ... Lake (left) meets with Bill Clinton and Leon Panetta at the White House in 1994. ... The U.S. House Committee on the Budget, commonly known as the House Budget Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. ...

In 1993, the beginning of his ninth term, he was chosen by then-President Bill Clinton to be Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget. He is credited with developing the budget package which would eventually result in the balanced budget of 1998. On July 17, 1994, he was appointed White House Chief of Staff by Clinton, a position he held until January 20, 1997. He was an important negotiator of the 1996 budget, which was another important step towards balancing the budget. William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP) which is tasked with coordinating United States Federal agencies. ... July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Joshua B. Bolten, the current White House Chief of Staff. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After politics

Panetta and his wife founded the Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy in December 1998, where they serve as the Institute's directors. The Institute is located at California State University, Monterey Bay. Panetta was instrumental in creating CSU Monterey by converting Fort Ord, where he was chief of operations and planning of the intelligence section when he was in the army, into the university. Currently, Panetta serves as distinguished scholar to the chancellor of University of California and as Presidential Professor at University of California, Santa Cruz's Politics department, with both universities allowing him to teach. He also teaches once a year at Santa Clara University. He was urged to consider running for Governor of California during the recall election in 2003 but declined in part because of the short time available to raise money. California State University, Monterey Bay, in the California State University system, is located in the city of Seaside, California, on the Monterey Peninsula. ... Fort Ord Fort Ord Fort Ord was a U.S. Army post on Monterey Bay in California. ... The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UCSC or UC Santa Cruz, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California. ... A view of Mission Santa Clara from the Kenna Lawn. ...

He is currently on the Iraq Study Group aka the Baker Commission. Iraq is currently undergoing civil war. ...

Responsibilities

Pew Oceans Commission

• Commissionor [3]

Bread for the World

• Board of Directors

National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

• Member of the Board of Directors [4]

New York Stock Exchange

• Co-chairman of the Corporate Accountabilty and Listing Standards Committee
• Board of Directors since 1997

Close Up Foundation

• Board of Directors, Member since 1999

Connetics Investor Relations

• Board of Directors since March 2000 [5]

Fleishman-Hillard [6]

• Co-chairman of the Corporate Accountability and Listing Standards Committee
• Co-chairman of the Corporate Credibility Advisory practice
• Member of the International Advisory Board.

In June of 2002 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops put him on their National Review Board [7], which was created to look into the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandal. This created controversy because of Panetta's pro-choice stands on abortion and other views seen as conflicting with those of the Church.

Personal life

Panetta married Sylvia Marie Varni, who administered his home district offices during his terms in Congress.

Currently, he lives on his family's 12 acre (49,000 m²) walnut farm in Carmel Valley with his wife. They have three sons: Christopher, Carmelo, and James, and three grandchildren[8]. Species See text The walnuts (genus Juglans) are plants in the walnut family Juglandaceae. ... View towards the city beach, Carmel; an old Monterey Cypress in the foreground Carmel-by-the-Sea, sometimes abbreviated as Carmel, is a small town endowed with a rich artistic history situated on the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey County, California. ...

Awards

• 1969 - Abraham Lincoln Award, National Education Association
• 1984 - A. Philip Randolph Award
• 1988 - Golden Plow Award, American Farm Bureau Federation [9]
• 1991 - President's Award, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• 1991 - Coastal and Ocean Management Award, Coastal Zone Foundation
• 1993 - Peter Burnett Award for Distinguished Public Service
• 1995 - Distinguished Public Service Medal, Center for the Study of the Presidency
• 1997 - Special Achievement Award for Public Service, National Italian American Foundation
• 2001 - John H. Chafee Coastal Stewardship Award, Coastal America
• 2002 - Law Alumni Special Achievement Award, Santa Clara University School of Law Alumni Association [10]
• 2003 - Julius A Stratton "Champion of the Coast" Award for Coastal Leadership
• 2006 - Paul Peck Award

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References

• Clinton, Bill (2005). My Life. Vintage. ISBN 1-4000-3003-X.

External links

• Panetta Institute
• Interview with Leon Panetta, ABC News
• Conversations with History - Interview with Leon Panetta, UC Berkeley Institute of International Studies
• Biography of Panetta, Hartnell University
• Biography of Panetta, Pew Oceans Commission
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

White House Chiefs of Staff
Steelman • Adams • Persons • Haldeman • Haig • Rumsfeld • Cheney • Jordan • Watson • J Baker • Regan • H Baker • Duberstein • Sununu • Skinner • J Baker • McLarty • Panetta • Bowles • Podesta • Card • Bolten

Directors of the United States Office of Management and Budget
Dawes • Lard • Roop • Douglas • D W Bell • Smith • Webb • Pace • Lawton • Dodge • Hughes • Brundage • Stans • D E Bell • Gordon • Schultze • Zwick • Mayo • Shultz • Weinberger • Ash • Lynn • Lance • McIntyre • Stockman • Wright • Miller • Wright • Darman • Panetta • Rivlin • Raines • Lew • Daniels • Bolten • Portman

Members of the Iraq Study Group

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