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Senate confirms Goss to head CIA
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| Last Edited | CBlock941 Sep 23, 2004 08:00am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Orlando Sentinel |
| News Date | Thursday, September 23, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed U.S. Rep. Porter Goss as the nation's new CIA director, a daunting role that places the Sanibel Republican in the middle of a historic effort to improve America's intelligence community.
Lawmakers are eager to craft legislation to retool the nation's spying network after a series of highly critical reports focusing on the CIA's mistakes during the past several years. That effort, a flash point in the fall presidential campaign, will test Goss' leadership skills as well as his understanding of policy.
Seventy-seven senators voted to give Goss the job, but 17 Democrats voted against him amid criticism that he was too partisan to exercise the objectivity needed in such a demanding job. |
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