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Leon Panetta’s mother wanted her son to be a concert pianist, but hopefully she wouldn’t be disappointed that he’s instead gone on to be a congressman, 부여콜걸 White House chief of staff, director of the Office of Management and Budget, head of the CIA, and now secretary of defense, where he is managing three million employees, fighting multiple wars, pursuing al Qaeda all over the world, and trying to keep Iran from building an atom bomb. Mr. Panetta’s mother would probably also be pleased that her son still owns the northern California family farm where he was raised. That’s where Mr. Panetta escapes from Washington — tending the walnut trees that he and his brother planted 65 years ago, and even playing a bit of piano. Scott Pelley reports. The following script is from “Defense Secretary Panetta” which originally aired on Jan. 29, 2012 and was rebroadcast on June 10, 2012. Scott Pelley is the correspondent. Henry Schuster, producer. No one would have picked a 73-year-old, affable, former congressman as the one to track down Osama bin Laden. But as we first told you earlier this year, Leon Panetta has held the toughest jobs in Washington and quietly done what seems impossible. Before bin Laden, Panetta helped balance the federal budget. In a long career he’d been budget director and White House chief of staff, but by 1997 he...

Leon Panetta’s mother wanted her son to be a concert pianist, but hopefully she wouldn’t be disappointed that he’s instead gone on to be a congressman, White House chief of staff, director of the Office of Management and Budget, head of the CIA, and now secretary of defense, where he is managing three million employees, fighting multiple wars, pursuing al Qaeda all over the world, and trying to keep Iran from building an atom bomb. Mr. Panetta’s mother would probably also be pleased that her son still owns the northern California family farm where he was raised. That’s where Mr. Panetta escapes from Washington — tending the walnut trees that he and his brother planted 65 years ago, and even playing a bit of piano. Scott Pelley reports. The following script is from “Defense Secretary Panetta” which originally aired on Jan. 29, 2012 and was rebroadcast on June 10, 2012. Scott Pelley is the correspondent. Henry Schuster, producer. No one would have picked a 73-year-old, affable, former congressman as the one to track down Osama bin Laden. But as we first told you earlier this year, Leon Panetta has held the toughest jobs in Washington and quietly done what seems impossible. Before bin Laden, Panetta helped balance the federal budget. In a long career he’d been budget director and White House chief of staff, but by 1997 he left...