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voices.washingtonpost.com - 12/18/2008
Blair 'Definitely' the Next DNI, Say Congressional Officials
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By Joby Warrick President-elect Barack Obama has settled on retired Adm. Dennis Blair to fill the nation's top intelligence job, congressional officials knowledgeable about the decision said today. Blair, the former commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, would become the nation's third director ...
uk.reuters.com - 12/18/2008
Obama chooses Adm. Blair as intel chief: source
— uk.reuters.com — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Navy Adm. Dennis Blair as the top U.S. intelligence official and could make an announcement as early as Friday, a source familiar with the nomination said on Thursday. "We expect ... (more) Obama chooses Adm. Blair as intel chief: source

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reuters.com - 12/18/2008
Obama chooses Adm. Blair as intel chief: source
— reuters.com — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Navy Adm. Dennis Blair as the top U.S. intelligence official and could make an announcement as early as Friday, a source familiar with the nomination said on Thursday. (more) Obama chooses Adm. Blair as intel chief: source

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Obama Taps Blair as Intelligence Chief
online.wsj.com - 12/20/2008
Obama Taps Blair as Intelligence Chief
— online.wsj.com — Obama has chosen retired Adm. Dennis C. Blair to be his top spymaster, the director of national intelligence. (more) Obama Taps Blair as Intelligence Chief

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Ben Smith's Blog:  Remainders: Blueblood

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Remainders: Blueblood
Ben Smith's Blog — (AP) Wayne Barrett casts the Bloomberg-Kennedy operation as a conspiracy of bluebloods. Dennis Blair is likely to get DNI. Andy Stern is positively ecstatic over Obama's labor secretary pick. Sustainable transportation leaders are less than thrilled with his transportation secretary pick. Environmentalists too. The new head of NOAA will be an Oregon State Univ. professor and a critic of the agency. Kirk nails down USTR. NBC names Chuck Todd its new Chief White House ...

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Dennis Blair: Director Of National Intelligence?
huffingtonpost.com 12/18/2008 — Reuters reports on Adm. Dennis Blair : President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Navy Adm. Dennis Blair as the top U.S. intelligence official and could make an announcement as early as Friday, a source familiar with the nomination said on ...
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The WP's Dana Priest: DNI pick Adm. Dennis Blair steeped in the ways of Washington. WSJ's Siobhan Gorman: "Mr. Obama is still weighing options for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Mr. Blair is expected to advise in that...
— Amygdala
DENNIS BLAIR AND EAST TIMOR . Blair has been named as National Intelligence Director. Let's see lots of questions asked about these events of 1999 : [...] US officials say that this past April, as militia terror escalated, a top US officer was dispatched to give a message to Jakarta. Adm. ...
Sources: Obama to Appoint Navy Adm. Blair as New National Intelligence Head — Political Radar
ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: Democratic sources tell ABC News that Barack Obama will appoint retired Navy Adm. Dennis Blair to be the nation's top intelligence official, replacing Michael McConnell as the director of National Intelligence. Before he retired from...
Dennis Blair: Director Of National Intelligence? — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Reuters reports on Adm. Dennis Blair : President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Navy Adm. Dennis Blair as the top U.S. intelligence official and could make an announcement as early as Friday, a source familiar with the nomination said on Thursday. "We expect the announcement ...
Obama to name Dennis Blair as intelligence director — L.A. Times - Politics
Blair is the former head of the U.S. Pacific Command. The search for a candidate to head the CIA has not been settled. > President-elect Barack Obama has ...