blogs.abcnews.com - 1/5/2009
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Democratic officials tell ABC News that President-elect Obama has tapped former Rep. Leon Panetta, D-Calif., to serve as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Panetta, who served as both director of the Office of Management and Budget and chief of...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/5/2009
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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com —
Leon Panetta has a reputation in Washington as
a competent manager with strong background in budget issues,
but has little hands-on intelligence experience.
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Panetta to Be Named C.I.A. Director
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 ...
politico.com - 1/5/2009
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politico.com —
Obama taps Leon Panetta, a former chief of
staff to Bill Clinton, for CIA director and retired Navy Admiral
Dennis Blair as director of national intelligence.
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Panetta, Blair land top intel posts
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Panetta to the CIA
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
So reports Jake Tapper: PEBO Taps Panetta to Head CIA
Democratic officials tell ABC News that President-elect Obama has tapped former Rep. Leon Panetta, D-Calif., to serve as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Panetta, who served as both director of the Office of Management and Budget and chief of staff for former President Bill Clinton, is well regarded in Washington and served as a member of the Iraq Study Group. But he has little apparent experience in intelligence matters other than during his time in the Army, from which he was ...
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swampland.blogs.time.com 1/6/2009 — This smells a bit of desperation. Leon Panetta is a terrific guy, a fine public servant--one of those people who reek of sanity and good judgment--but he doesn't have much, if any, experience in spook world. The problem was trying to find a DCI with ...
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com 1/5/2009 — From NBC's Chuck Todd and Savannah GuthriePresident-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Bill Clinton chief-of-staff and Iraq Study Group member Leon Panetta to be his CIA director. ...( read more )
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google.com 1/5/2009 — 58 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) Two Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to run the CIA. Panetta was a surprise pick for the post, with no experience in the ...
Leon Panetta Tapped to Head CIA - FOXNews.com Transition Tracker
foxnews.com 1/5/2009 — Bill Clinton's former chief of staff Leon Panetta has been tapped to head the CIA in President-elect Barack Obama's administration, causing surprise and a bit of consternation by several individuals involved in the intelligence community. Two ...
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news.yahoo.com 1/9/2009 — AP - President-elect Barack Obama has introduced his choices for CIA chief Leon Panetta and national intelligence director retired Adm. Dennis Blair.
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 ...
Sources: Panetta is pick for CIA —
CNN Political Ticker 1/5/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Leon Panetta, chief of staff in Bill Clinton's White House, will be President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the CIA, two Democratic officials told CNN Monday.
The same officials said that retired Adm. Dennis Blair, who ...
Hamilton praises Panetta —
First Read 1/5/2009
From NBC's Abby Livingston Washington veteran Rep. Lee Hamilton said that his former Iraq Study Group colleague, Leon Panetta , will be a "superb" leader of the Central Intelligence Agency. Hamilton, a Democrat, spent 34 years in ...
Pentagon transition team transitions —
CNN Political Ticker 1/5/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Members of the President-elect's transition team at the Pentagon have completed their reviews and reports and are no longer working in the building, making way for the next wave of Obama staffers to come in, according to ...
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