Winning in Afghanistan is having a country that is stable enough to ensure that there is no safe haven for Al Qaida or for a militant Taliban that welcomes Al Qaida. That's really the measure of success for the United States.

). 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.