Panetta akasarudzwa kuti ave mutungamiri weCIA. Panetta akasimbiswa neSeneti yakazara muna Kukadzi 2009. Semutungamiri weCIA, Panetta akatarisira basa rakadonhedza mutambudzi wepasi rose Osama bin Laden. Musi waApril 28, 2011, Obama akazivisa kusarudzwa kwaPanetta seMunyori weDziviriro, kutsiva Robert Gates ari pamudyandigere. Muna Chikumi Seneti yakasimbisa Panetta pamwe chete uye akatora hofisi musi waChikunguru 1, 2011. David Petraeus akatora seMutungamiriri weCentral Intelligence Agency musi waGunyana 6, 2011. Kubva paakaenda pamudyandigere seMunyori weDziviriro muna 2013, Panetta akashanda seMutungamiri weThe Panetta Institute for Public Policy, iri kuCalifornia State University, Monterey Bay, kambasi yeCalifornia State University iyo yaakabatsira kumisikidza panguva yekushanda kwake seCongressman.
Ndira 2009