Leon Panetta

A Representative from California. Born in Monterey, Monterey County, Calif. , June 28, 1938. Graduated from Monterey Union High School, Monterey, Calif. , 1956. B. A. , University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, Calif. , 1960. LL. B. , Santa Clara Law School, Santa Clara, Calif. , 1963. Admitted to the California bar in 1965. Lawyer, private practice. United States Army, 1963-1965. Legislative assistant, United States Senator Thomas Henry Kuchel of California, 1966-1969. Director, Office of Civil Rights, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1969-1970. Executive assistant to Mayor John Vliet Lindsay of New York City, 1970-1971. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses until his resignation on January 21, 1993 (January 3, 1977-January 21, 1993). Chairman, Committee on the Budget (One Hundred First and One Hundred Second Congresses). Director, Office of Management and Budget, 1993-1994. Chief of staff, The White House, 1994-1996. Chairman, Pew Oceans Commission, 2000-2003. Private advocate. Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 2009-2011. Secretary of Defense in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama, 2011-2013.