China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area.

). S. Panetta was instrumental in creating CSU Monterey Bay by converting Fort Ord where he was chief of operations and planning of the intelligence section when he was in the army into the university.

On April 28 2011 Obama announced the nomination of Panetta as Defense Secretary when Robert Gates retired. He is the founder of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy served as DistinguiLeon Panettad Scholar to Chancellor Charles B. Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28 1938) is an American politician lawyer and professor.