U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta meets with Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa in Tokyo, Oct. 25, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob N. BaileyLeon Panetta Won Republicans Over With Sass, Drones -- New York Magazine
After running the CIA for President Obama, Leon Panetta is now the Defense secretary, despite decades in politics that included neither intelligence training nor experience fighting wars. But the former liberal dove who wanted the Bush administration investigated for torture is not only the first Democrat to serve as Defense secretary since 1997 — he was confirmed 100 to 0. How did he do it? It helps that he uses bad words and laughs a lot, the New York Times reports today. A longtime aide boiled down the strategy into the Five Rules of Panetta:
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