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blogs.tnr.com - 1/6/2009
Why Panetta? The Gates Factor
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Leon Panetta seemed to come out of nowhere as Obama's CIA pick. But as the insta-reporting notes, he was a member of the 2006 Iraq Study Group team. Another member of that panel was Defense Secretary Robert Gates--who is himself a former CIA director, remember. Bob Woodward's latest book, The ...

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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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Not Even the Clintons Would Have Tried This
commentarymagazine.com - 1/6/2009
Not Even the Clintons Would Have Tried This
— commentarymagazine.com — President-elect Obama has made his first completely incomprehensible appointment: Leon Panetta for CIA Director. No, I’m serious. Clinton OMB Director and Chief of Staff to head a key intelligence agency. One can refer to him as an ... (more) Not Even the Clintons Would Have Tried This

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The Panetta Pick
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/6/2009
The Panetta Pick
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Leon Panetta’s served in congress, served in the military, served as Chief of Staff in the White House; he’s served on blue ribbon commissions and worked for politicians of both parties. And Barack Obama wants him to be CIA Director. ... (more) The Panetta Pick

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Bob Gates And Leon Panetta
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