Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterNewsweek: Debate over Obama's intel czar
Published 12/19/2008 at msnbc.com: Politics
Obama is shortly expected to name retired Navy Adm. Dennis Blair as the nation's new National Intelligence Director. But there's still considerable debate behind the scenes as to what, precisely, his duties will entail.
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