online.wsj.com - 1/5/2009
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DIANNE FEINSTEIN When Barack Obama becomes America's 44th president on Jan. 20, he should embrace the vision of a predecessor who declared: "We seek the total elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth." That president was Ronald Reagan, and he expressed this ambitious ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/6/2009
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
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
washingtonindependent.com - 1/5/2009
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washingtonindependent.com —
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. ...
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Dianne Feinstein Not Too Pleased With Panetta Pick
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/6/2009
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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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Shots from the Show 1/5
Tammy Bruce —
... Dianne Feinstein jumps the shark and decides it's our nuclear weapons that pose a danger to the world. She should re-check with Iran to see if they still plan on wiping Israel off the face of the map. ...
Thomas Frank: An Unrepentant New Dealer Runs for Congress
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... so many who have been called to service in this economic crisis, he has no period of embarrassing new economy enthusiasm to apologize for. And despite the stories we tell ourselves about corrupt Chicago, change is possible. Voters need merely to seize the opportunity.
Thomas Frank's column, The Tilting Yard, appears every Wednesday at OpinionJournal.com
Also in Opinion Journal:
Dianne Feinstein: Let's Commit to a Nuclear-Free World
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.: Mad Men ...
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