Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2011. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-CuomoFormer Deficit Hawk Leon Panetta Now Fights Budget Cuts As Defense Secretary -- Washington Post
The last time the Pentagon was forced to shrink, two decades ago, one of its nemeses was a determined deficit hawk named Leon E. Panetta.
As chairman of the House Budget Committee and later as budget director in the Clinton administration, Panetta was an unforgiving enforcer of the bottom line as the United States grappled with record-size debts. As the largest government agency, the Pentagon found itself a frequent target of his whip, especially as it struggled to justify its missions in the aftermath of the Cold War.
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