firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/6/2009
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From NBC's Abby LivingstonAn aide to current Chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, tells NBC News that while the senator has tremendous respect for Leon Panetta, the aide said he believes the CIA director should go to someone who has significant intelligence experience and someone from outside the political world of Washington D.C.Like incoming Senate intelligence chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, the aide added Rockefeller was not contacted either about Panetta's ...
latimes.com - 1/6/2009
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latimes.com —
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 ...
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Leon Panetta is Obama's pick for CIA director - Los ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/6/2009
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein believes the CIA is best-served
by having an intelligence professional in charge. (CNN) –-
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the Senate’s incoming Intelligence committee chair, slammed President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of Leon ...
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Feinstein slams Obama CIA head pick
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/6/2009
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com —
From NBC's Andrea MitchellNBC News has learned that
Senate Democrats -- including Dianne Feinstein and Jay Rockefeller,
who are the incoming and outgoing Intelligence chairmen -- have privately recommended a career CIA officer to head the ...
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Even more on the Panetta pick
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Bayh: I'll Back Panetta
TPM Election Central —
On the Rachel Maddow show last night, Senate intelligence committee member Evan Bayh (D-IN) professed no objections to the choice of Leon Panetta to head the Obama CIA.
"Leon Panetta is an outstanding public servant and I intend to support his nomination," Bayh said. So we have Dianne Feinstein, the panel's incoming chairman, expressing her discontent with the nomination, alongside outgoing chairman Jay Rockefeller.
But two other Senate intel committee members -- progressive Ron Wyden and the, uh, less progressive Bayh -- remaining copacetic. ...
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The Panetta Pick
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/6/2009 —
Leon Panetta’s served in congress, served in the military, served as Chief of Staff in the White House; he’s served on blue ribbon commissions and worked for politicians of both parties. And Barack Obama wants him to be CIA Director. ...
Panetta, Obama, and the Senate
corner.nationalreview.com 1/6/2009 — On Panetta -- in addition to opinions in The Corner, there is the ever-so-slightly more important opinion of the new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein:
I was not informed about the selection of Leon Panetta to be ...
Re Panetta
corner.nationalreview.com 1/6/2009 — Angelo Codevilla, author of the new book Advice to War Presidents: A Remedial Course in Statecraft, tells NRO:
Leon Panetta may not know very much about foreign affairs or defense matters. He is wholly unacquainted with the questions and quarrels ...
Feinstein's Aboard For Panetta
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/7/2009 — Via AP, we see that incoming Senate intelligence chairman Dianne Feinstein is now supportive of Leon Panetta's nomination to head the CIA.
Seems that Panetta called Feinstein last night and she is "confident he'd surround himself with good ...
Panetta too inexperienced for CIA?
swamppolitics.com 1/7/2009 — by Frank James
Reports that President-elect Barack Obama intends to make Leon Panetta director of the Central Intelligence Agency not only surprised some key Capitol Hill Democrats but left them questioning the former congressman and Clinton ...
Dianne Feinstein Not Too Pleased With Panetta Pick
washingtonindependent.com 1/5/2009 — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who’s about to take the reins as chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, doesn’t appear to be too happy with Leon Panetta’s prospective appointment to head the CIA. ...
Panetta Choice as CIA Chief Draws Democrats’ Concerns (Update2)
bloomberg.com 1/6/2009 — Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Leon Panetta’s selection by President- elect Barack Obama to become CIA chief surprised two top Democrats on the Senate intelligence panel, who expressed reservations about his lack of background in the spy world. Senator Dianne ...
Holt on Panetta
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/6/2009 —
Rush Holt has a better record of judgment on intelligence and national security issues than does Dianne Feinstein, so naturally nobody regards his views as “serious,” but he likes Leon Panetta just fine :
“Having served in ...
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CNN Political Ticker 1/6/2009
Vice-President Dick Cheney will swear in VP-elect Joe Biden.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The disputes over the Illinois and Minnesota Senate seats are stealing the spotlight, but there'll be other drama on Capitol Hill during today's swearing in of ...
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