Obama's Pentagon Chief Slams White House

Obama's Pentagon Chief Slams White House
Leon Panetta, former U.S. secretary of defense, speaks during a keynote address at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 8th annual private company IPO conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The conference features panel discussions on strategies for preparing a company for an initial public offering (IPO). Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Leon Panetta, former U.S. secretary of defense, speaks during a keynote address at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 8th annual private company IPO conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The conference features panel discussions on strategies for preparing a company for an initial public offering (IPO). Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The president’s White House staff was controlling, insular, and often ignored the advice of its senior national security officials, former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta charges in his yet-to-be-released memoir. The result, Panetta says: botched U.S. policies from Syria to Iraq to Afghanistan.

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