N'ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 2009, onyeisiala ọhụrụ a họpụtara ọhụrụ bụ Barack Obama họpụtara Panetta maka ọkwa onye isi oche nke CIA. Onye isi oche nke CIA, Panetta lekọtara ọrụ nke kwụsịrị onye na-eyi ọha egwu Osama bin Laden. Na Eprel 28, 2011, Obama kwupụtara nhọpụta nke Panetta dị ka odeakwụkwọ nchekwa, iji dochie Robert Gates na-ala ezumike nká. Na June, ndị Senate kwadoro Panetta na otu olu ma ọ weere ọrụ ahụ na July 1, 2011. David Petraeus weghaara dịka Director nke Central Intelligence Agency na September 6, 2011. Kemgbe ọ lara ezumike nká dị ka odeakwụkwọ nchekwa na 2013, Panetta jere ozi dị ka onyeisi oche nke The Panetta Institute for Public Policy, nke dị na Mahadum California State, Monterey Bay, ụlọ akwụkwọ nke Mahadum California nke o nyeere aka guzobe n'oge ọ na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye nnọchiteanya. Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ raara onwe ya nye ịkwadebe ndụ ndị mmadụ na ịkpali ha maka ozi na inyere ha aka ịghọ ndị isi ọha na eze. Mgbe onye isi oche nke Senate kwadoro Robert Gates, na Eprel 28, 2011,
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