President Obama Lauds Panetta for Decades of Public Service

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2013 – Citing nearly 50 years of public service that began in the uniform of an Army lieutenant, President Barack Obama today said soon-to-retire Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has kept alive and protected the dream his parents sought when they came to the United States from Italy.

During a farewell ceremony for Panetta at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall here, the president noted that Carmelo and Carmelina Panetta had no money and spoke…