I think what both Republicans and Democrats need to do and the leaders on both sides is to recognize that if sequester takes place, it would be disastrous for our national defense and very frankly for a lot of very important domestic programs. They have a responsibility to come together, find the money necessary to de-trigger sequester.

). 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.