I te marama o Hanuere 2009, i tohua e te Perehitini hou a Barack Obama a Panetta mo te tūranga o te Kaiwhakahaere CIA. I whakapumautia e te Senate katoa i te Hui-tanguru 2009. I te Kaiwhakahaere o te CIA, i tirotiro a Panetta i te mahi i whakaheke i te kaiwhakatuma o te ao, a Osama bin Laden. I te 28 o Aperira 2011, i kii a Obama i te whakaingoatanga o Panetta hei Hekeretari mo te Tiaki, hei whakakapi i a Robert Gates. I te marama o Pipiri i whakapumautia e te Senate a Panetta, a ka riro ia i te tari i te Hurae 1, 2011. I te 6 o Hepetema 2011, i riro a David Petraeus hei Kaiwhakahaere o te Central Intelligence Agency.
Hānuere 2009