[SkyPilot]

Pannetta is actually a somewhat practical and sane SECDEF. He knows how to get things done. The real story of the Bin Ladin raid was that Valerie Jarrett blocked it at every turn, so Pannetta went around her, enlisted the help of Biden and Hillary, and sprang it on Bath House Barry while he was playing in the golf course locker room with his boyfriend. Obama showed up at the White House Situation Room looking like the spectator that he is. Hagel is simply a prick. Even McCain thinks he is a prick, and that is saying something.

[Pollster1]

Pannetta is actually a somewhat practical and sane SECDEF.

Panetta is not one of my favorite people, but I agree with you, based on Panetta's actions as the only decent member of Obama's cabinet and his performance under Bill Clinton.