Leon Panetta “Leon, My Son… Feb. 11, 2013 Share Read Later DOD PHOTO / ERIN A. KIRK-CUOMO…I hear you’ll be looking for work soon. As a good Catholic, you should consider taking over for me. You’ve got Congress, I’ve got the Congress of cardinals. I’ve got Swiss Guards; you’ve got the 82nd Airborne. I deal with the daily miracle of transubstantiation, you’ve got the nightmare of sequestration. Think about it, grandson of Italy. If you give me a sign, I’ll step down by the end of February.”