Panetta, Hagel having dinner tonight
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s chosen successor to run the Pentagon, are scheduled to have dinner together tonight, a senior defense official tells the E-Ring. Panetta recently said he would cook his famous gnocchi for North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un, if they ever met, and get to understand the new ruler. No ...
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel, President Obama's chosen successor to run the Pentagon, are scheduled to have dinner together tonight, a senior defense official tells the E-Ring.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s chosen successor to run the Pentagon, are scheduled to have dinner together tonight, a senior defense official tells the E-Ring.
Panetta recently said he would cook his famous gnocchi for North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un, if they ever met, and get to understand the new ruler. No word yet what he’ll offer Hagel, nor where they’ll dine.
"Panetta is up to his old CIA ways. It’s a clandestine location," said the official.
Kevin Baron is a former staff writer at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @FPBaron
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