service and answering the call from the commander-in-chief, the source said. Panetta, 72, took over at the CIA in February 2009. He served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton between 1994 and 1997, and was previously the director of the Office of Management and Budget -LRB- OMB -RRB-. The California Democrat served in the House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993. Before coming to the CIA, he spent 10 years co-directing a public policy institute with his wife, Sylvia. He was brought in as a relative outsider, without hands-on intelligence experience, to manage an agency that had been shaken by the exposure and criticism of its controversial interrogation and detention program. Panetta's longstanding ties to Congress were seen as a way to restore the administration's relationship with oversight committees. He has been given high marks on both fronts from inside the agency and in Congress. David Berteau, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said Panetta brings several important qualities to the table. He learned a lot of lessons about defense budgeting during his stint as the head of the OMB, and knows how to deal with a Republican Congress, as he did during the Clinton administration, Berteau said. Panetta's former congressional district in northern California had a huge defense presence, Berteau said. Panetta has earned the trust and