firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/7/2009
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The Washington Post front-pages, “[C]urrent and former intelligence officials expressed sharp resentment over Obama's choice of Leon E. Panetta as CIA director and suggested that the agency suffers from incompetent leadership and low morale. ‘People who suggest morale is low don't have a clue about what's going on now,’ said CIA spokesman Mark Mansfield, citing recent personnel reforms under Director Michael V. Hayden. On Capitol Hill, Democrats on the Senate Select Committee on ...
pruningshears.us - 1/9/2009
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pruningshears.us —
No Associated Press content was harmed in the
writing of this post On Monday it was reported...
that Barack Obama would nominate Leon Panetta to be the next CIA director, and there was an immediate, sharp reaction from some fellow Democrats. The LA ...
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Rockefeller and Feinstein: Preserving the Bush Legacy
washingtonmonthly.com - 1/7/2009
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washingtonmonthly.com —
PLAYING PANETTA POLITICS.... Leon Panetta's leaked introduction as
the next head of the CIA has drawn some...
complaints from key corners, but the transition office is apparently not too worried about the nomination. "I think he's going to be fine,"...
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Playing Panetta politics
democracyarsenal.org - 1/5/2009
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democracyarsenal.org —
One thing to remember about Leon Panetta, if
he is confirmed as CIA Director , is that...
he’ll bring an interesting asset to the intel community. He knows how brains work inside the West Wing because he was there as White House Chief of Staff, and ...
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Panetta's Experience
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Mark Murray: Does the fact that Feinstein so quickly backed down make the point
of those that thought she was mostly angry about Panetta because she
wasn't told in advance? Or, as Harry Reid put it, "I think you need better reasons for coming out against somebody than somebody didn't call you." In the US Senate? Surely he jests. ...
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Poll: Feinstein Top Dem for CA Gov.
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The Speech
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Why Dianne Feinstein Won't Run for Governor of California
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HAPPENING NOW: Obama nominates Killefer —
CNN Political Ticker 1/7/2009
Barack Obama nominated his chief performance officer Wednesday.
(CNN) — Barack Obama nominated Nancy Killefer as his chief performance officer, a newly-created position focused on bringing back fiscal order.
Watch it live on ...
Obama announces "chief performance officer" —
Reuters: Politics 1/7/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama announced on Wednesday he was appointing former Treasury official Nancy Killefer to serve as the nation's first "chief performance officer" to oversee budget and spending reform.
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