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The Leon Panetta Lecture Series is back for its twenty-third year. Each spring, Secretary Leon Panetta moderates The Panetta Institute for Public Policy’s…

The 2020 Leon Panetta Lecture Series will focus on this theme: Decision 2020 - A Republic If We Can Keep It. Some of the speakers joining former Secretary…

The Panetta Institute held the final lecture in the 2019 Leon Panetta Lecture Series season on Monday, May 27, 2019. This year’s series focused on the…

The third event of the 2019 Leon Panetta Lecture Series focused on the Role of Nationalism, Globalism and Patriotism. Speaking with Secretary Panetta were…

The second event of the 2019 Leon Panetta Lecture Series focused on the Role of the Press and the Congress.Speaking with Secretary Panetta were Governor…

The first event of the 2019 Leon Panetta Lecture Series focused on the Mueller Investigation, the Law and the Presidency. Speaking with Secretary Panetta…

The 2019 Leon Panetta Lecture Series will tackle the topic: Checks and Balances - Will Our Democracy Survive? Some of the speakers joining former…

The fourth and final event of the Leon Panetta 2018 Lecture Series focused on Technology and the American Dream: Impact of Artificial Intelligence,…

This third forum of the 2018 Leon Panetta Lecture Series focused on The American Presidency and the American Dream – The Role of Leadership. Speaking with…

The 2018 Leon Panetta Lecture Series asks, Is the American Dream Alive and Well? Global Crisis and the American Dream – America First or America as a…