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The United States has to be a leader in the world, because the problem is: If we are not leading, nobody else will.
Leon Panetta
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Leon Panetta
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: June 28
Former Director Of The Central Intelligence Agency
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Monterey
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Leon Edward Panetta
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