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Leon Panetta on the Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Boat Strikes

Leon Panetta on the Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Boat Strikes

Update: 2025-12-12
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In the course of his long career, Leon Panetta was a lieutenant in the Army, a congressman from California, Bill Clinton’s White House chief of staff, Barack Obama’s director of the C.I.A., and later, his Secretary of Defense. David Remnick talks with Panetta about the current Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, the legality of the ongoing Navy strikes targeting civilian boats off the coast of Venezuela, and the problem with using the military as “the President’s personal toy.”

New episodes of The New Yorker Radio Hour drop every Tuesday and Friday. Join host David Remnick as he discusses the latest in politics, news, and current events in conversation with political leaders, newsmakers, innovators, New Yorker staff writers, authors, actors, and musicians.

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Leon Panetta on the Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Boat Strikes

Leon Panetta on the Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Boat Strikes

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