Cameron Lynch

Panetta at Pentagon Is Smart, But Is There a Petraeus-CIA Plot?
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By Cameron Lynch

April 29, 2011 Comment (3)

The Obama administration announced this week that CIA Director Leon Panetta will replace Bob Gates as the secretary of Defense. Panetta is a shrewd and well-respected Washington operator who formerly served in Congress as well as in the Clinton White House. He is a known political moderate often credited with a keen, measured management style and a thorough policy mind. It will be a tough duty to replace Gates, who many cite as one of the best Pentagon bosses in recent history. But Panetta is certainly as equipped for the task as anyone on the Democratic roster.

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Cameron Lynch

Cameron Lynch is president the Lynch Group, a government relations, political consulting and government contracting firm. Formerly with the Bipartisan Policy Center, Lynch has worked for Sen. John McCain and former Sen. Bob Dole, among others. He teaches classes in political campaign strategy and historic Congressional agreements at the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management.