Published 1/5/2009
by Domenico Montanaro
at First Read
From NBC's Abby Livingston Washington veteran Rep. Lee Hamilton said that his former Iraq Study Group colleague, Leon Panetta , will be a "superb" leader of the Central Intelligence Agency. Hamilton, a Democrat, spent 34 years in Congress and was the chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence before taking the reins of the ISG alongside the former Clinton chief-of-staff newly named to lead Langley. In an interview with NBC News, Hamilton discussed the reasons he thinks Panetta is a "superb choice" for the CIA. He sees Panetta as a consensus builder and expects the former Clinton chief-of-staff to work in tandem with the named director of intelligence, retired Adm. Dennis Blair , and with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates . He described such cooperation as "crucial" and "hugely important" to the success of intelligence in an Obama administration.
...( read more )
(link)
Tags:
Related Content
Panetta to CIA
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 1/5/2009 — From NBC's Chuck Todd and Savannah GuthriePresident-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Bill Clinton chief-of-staff and Iraq Study Group member Leon Panetta to be his CIA director. ...( read more )
Panetta, Blair land top intel posts
politico.com 1/5/2009 — Obama taps Leon Panetta, a former chief of staff to Bill Clinton, for CIA director and retired Navy Admiral Dennis Blair as director of national intelligence.
Panetta on Torture
swampland.blogs.time.com 1/5/2009 — As Joe notes below , multiple news outlets are reporting that Obama has found his next CIA director: Leon Panetta, who once quit the Nixon Administration in protest over his Civil Rights policy, and later became a chief of staff to President Bill ...
PEBO Taps Panetta to Head CIA
blogs.abcnews.com 1/5/2009 — Democratic officials tell ABC News that President-elect Obama has tapped former Rep. Leon Panetta, D-Calif., to serve as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Panetta, who served as both director of the Office of Management and Budget and chief ...
Leon Panetta is Obama's pick for CIA director - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 1/6/2009 — Reporting from Washington -- President-elect Barack Obama has selected Leon E. Panetta, a former California congressman with little experience on intelligence matters, to serve as the next director of the CIA, according to Democratic officials ...
Sources: Panetta is pick for CIA —
CNN Political Ticker 1/5/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Leon Panetta, chief of staff in Bill Clinton's White House, will be President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the CIA, two Democratic officials told CNN Monday.
The same officials said that retired Adm. Dennis Blair, who ...
Pentagon transition team transitions —
CNN Political Ticker 1/5/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Members of the President-elect's transition team at the Pentagon have completed their reviews and reports and are no longer working in the building, making way for the next wave of Obama staffers to come in, according to ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
