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Published 1/7/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
CQPolitics.com - The incoming chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee softened her critique of the choice of Leon Panetta to head the CIA after being contacted by President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.
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