CIA’s Panetta to lead Defense department

CIA Director Leon Panetta © AFP/File Tim Sloan

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WASHINGTON (AFP) – In a major shakeup of President Barack Obama’s security team, CIA director Leon Panetta will become the new Pentagon chief secretary this summer, a US official told AFP on Wednesday.

ABC and NBC television reported meanwhile that General David Petraeus will replace Gates at the helm of the US spy agency.

The US official said Panetta is to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates, whose tenure began under Obama’s predecessor George W. Bush. Gates had said he plans to step down later this year.

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