US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta calls on Israel to work with Turkey and Egypt to end what he calls its growing isolation in the Middle East.

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Israel urged to end ‘isolation’

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta seeks to quash speculation of a military strike against Iran, saying it could have “unintended consequences”.

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US plays down strike against Iran

The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday that she would oppose any move by the Obama administration to draw down troops in Iraq to 3,000 by the end of the year. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) made the remarks to reporters at the Capitol hours after Fox News reported that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta had already signed off on the number, according to “multiple sources familiar with the inner workings and decisions on U.S. troop movements.” Panetta maintained Tuesday that “no decision has been made” on the troop levels. Read full article > >

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Iraq drawdown to 3,000 troops would be ‘a mistake,’ Feinstein says

US CIA director Leon Panetta meets Pakistani officials to discuss repairing ties after the death of Osama Bin Laden, officials say.

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CIA chief in Pakistan for talks

CIA Chief Leon Panetta says the public will eventually see a photo of Osama bin Laden’s body, though the White House still says it’s debating whether to release one. “The government obviously has been talking about how best to do this, but I don’t…

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Panetta: Public Will See Osama Photo

In an interview with Time magazine-the first time he has spoken to the public since bin Laden’s death-CIA Director Leon Panetta admitted that U.S. officials were only 60 to 80 percent certain the al Qaeda leader was in the compound before they moved…

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CIA Director: We Didn’t Alert Pakistan

In an interview with Time magazine-the first time he has spoken to the public since bin Laden’s death-CIA Director Leon Panetta admitted that U.S. officials were only 60 to 80 percent certain the al Qaeda leader was in the compound before they moved…

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CIA Director: We Didn’t Alert Pakistan

It was a 21st-century way to open the high-level bargaining over new rules for the U.S.-Pakistani intelligence relationship. Just as ISI chief Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha was meeting with CIA Director Leon Panetta at Langley on Monday, the New York Times Web site published a detailed account of the cuts Pakistan was seeking in U.S. intelligence personnel and operations in Pakistan, citing “a Pakistani official closely involved in the decision.”

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What’s at stake in U.S.-Pakistan spy talks

CIA Director Leon Panetta helped touch off an avalanche of erroneous expectations Thursday when he testified that there was a “strong likelihood” that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak would step down by the end of the day.

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Faulty comment on Egypt by Panetta leads to confusion