online.wsj.com - 12/20/2008
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Obama has chosen retired Adm. Dennis C. Blair to be his top spymaster, the director of national intelligence.
uk.reuters.com - 12/18/2008
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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 ...
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Obama chooses Adm. Blair as intel chief: source
reuters.com - 12/18/2008
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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.
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Obama chooses Adm. Blair as intel chief: source
washingtonpost.com - 12/20/2008
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... : 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 selection, further cementing the intelligence director's role as the chief of all 16 intelligence agencies. Choosing Mr. Blair may reignite long-simmering tensions between military and civilian intelligence officials." Posted by Laura at December 19, 2008 11:39 PM
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