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Published 2/5/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AFP - President Barack Obama's pick to head the CIA, Leon Panetta, faces questioning by lawmakers Thursday on his nomination to take over the spy agency battered over its role in the Iraq war and allegations of torture.
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