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CIA Pick Panetta's Public Earnings Released on Eve of Senate Confirmation Hearing

 
Leon E. Panetta, President Obama's pick to head the CIA, earned more than $1 million last year in consulting and speaking fees and from service on the boards of nearly a dozen institutions and corporations, according to documents released yesterday. (link)

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