news.yahoo.com - 1/7/2009
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AP - Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the incoming chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says she intends to support President-elect Barack Obama's choice for CIA chief, Leon Panetta.
sfgate.com - 1/7/2009
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Feinstein - the new chairwoman of the Senate
Intelligence Committee, who will oversee Panetta's confirmation hearings -...
raised eyebrows when she expressed surprisingly sharp disapproval of Panetta as nominee for CIA chief on Monday. She said that "the ...
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Why Feinstein broke with Obama on Panetta
slate.com - 1/7/2009
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Leon Panetta. Click image to expand. Leon Panetta
The puzzler of the hour: Why is Barack Obama...
picking Leon Panetta , a former congressman and White House official with no intelligence experience, to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency? ...
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Why Obama picked Panetta to run the CIA. - By Fred ...
newyorker.com - 1/6/2009
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That would appear to be the sound of
gears grinding on the smooth-gliding Obamamobile. Two process errors...
on the same day! The first one—failing to vet Bill Richardson properly—is forgivable. Nobody vets Richardson. Perhaps I should mention that when ...
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Leon Panetta at the C.I.A.: Think Tank: Online Only: The ...
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Feinstein says she’ll support Panetta.
Think Progress —
... After complaining that she was not informed in advance about Barack Obama’s choice of Leon Panetta to head the CIA, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) now says she’ll support the nomination. Feinstein previously said that she wanted “ ...
California Senator Dianne Feinstein Now on Board With Leon Panetta Appointment to be Director of the CIA
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... The incoming Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committe, California Senator Dianne Feinstein has caved and now supports the appointment of former Bill Clinton Chief of Staff and former California Congressman Leaon Panetta as the the next Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, despite the fact he has NO intelligence community experience. ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/6/2009 — Just talked with Dianne Feinstein outside the Senate chamber about her qualms with the Leon Panetta nomination. The incoming Senate intelligence committee chairman said that both President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden called her after ...
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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 ...
Feinstein now supports Panetta to head CIA —
CNN Political Ticker 1/7/2009
Sen. Feinstein said Wednesday that she will back President-elect Obama's pick to head the CIA.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Just two days after she criticized President-elect Obama’s pick to head the sometimes-troubled CIA because he is not an ...
Feinstein warming to Panetta pick —
First Read 1/7/2009
From NBC's Ken StricklandIs incoming Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein warming to the idea of Leon Panetta as the next CIA director? Seems like it.
Sen. Feinstein said she had "a long talk" with Panetta last night. "We laughed ...
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