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google.com - 1/5/2009
The Associated Press: Obama picks Leon Panetta to head CIA
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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 intelligence world. An Obama transition official and ...

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Panetta to Be Named C.I.A. Director
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/5/2009
Panetta to Be Named C.I.A. Director
— 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. (more) Panetta to Be Named C.I.A. Director

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Leon Panetta is Obama's pick for CIA director - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com - 1/6/2009
Leon Panetta is Obama's pick for CIA director - Los Angeles Times
— 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 ... (more) Leon Panetta is Obama's pick for CIA director - Los ...

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No Torture. No Exceptions. - Leon E. Panetta
washingtonmonthly.com - 1/5/2009
No Torture. No Exceptions. - Leon E. Panetta
— washingtonmonthly.com — A ccording to the latest polls, two-thirds of the American public believes that torturing suspected terrorists to gain important information is justified in some circumstances. How did we transform from champions of human dignity and individual rights ... (more) No Torture. No Exceptions. - Leon E. Panetta
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The Leon E. Panetta Central Intelligence Agency. . .?
The Washington Note — ... Well, Barack Obama has had to jump through quite a few names -- one of them a good friend of mine who no doubt will be DCI in a few more rounds -- to settle on Leon Panetta as his new Director of Central Intelligence. ...

Steve Clemons: The Leon E. Panetta Central Intelligence Agency. . .?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Well, Barack Obama has had to jump through quite a few names -- one of them a good friend of mine who no doubt will be DCI in a few more rounds -- to settle on Leon Panetta as his new Director of Central Intelligence. ...

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Dems consider seating Burris if he promises not to run in 2010 — CNN Political Ticker 1/5/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) CNN has learned that one possible compromise idea being considered by some in the Senate Democratic leadership is allowing Roland Burris to be seated in the Senate as long as he agrees not to run in 2010. A senior Democratic source ...
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Obama Picks Panetta as CIA Director — Wash Post In Congress 1/6/2009
President-elect Barack Obama stunned the national intelligence community by selecting Clinton White House chief of staff Leon E. Panetta, a longtime Washington insider with little intelligence experience, to serve as the next head of the CIA.