Senate approves Goss as CIA chief
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The Republican-led Senate on Wednesday approved President Bush&#39;s choice to head the CIA, Republican Porter Goss. The approval came amid protests from some Democrats who said he has too many Republican ties for a job that requires independence.
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The Senate yesterday overwhelmingly approved the most sweeping overhaul of the nation&#39;s intelligence system in more than a half-century, adopting the central recommendations of the commission that investigated the Sept.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly to confirm Robert M. Gates as defense secretary in a 95-to-2 vote.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee  voted 12-4 on Tuesday to approve the nomination of Republican  Florida congressman Porter Goss to become the new CIA director,  paving the way for full Senate confirmation.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to restructure the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies, sending the landmark legislation to the president&#39;s desk where it is slated to become law.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (15/11/04) - The new head of the CIA and former Republican chairman of the US House Intelligence Committee, Porter Goss, has begun a major shakeup of the main US foreign intelligence service, offending some critics, including many in
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WASHINGTON - The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Rep. Porter Goss, a Florida Republican, as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday  approved the nomination of John Negroponte, the outgoing  director of national intelligence, to become deputy secretary  of state, sending the nomination to the full Senate.
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According to this Salon story, Porter Goss, Bush&#39;s handpicked successor to Tenent has been approved by the Senate as the new CIA Director.
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U.S. Senate confirmation hearings for President Bush's nominee for CIA director, Republican Rep. Porter Goss, will begin Sept. 8, the chairman of the Senate intelligence committee said on Sunday.
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The Senate confirmed Porter Goss as  the new CIA director on Wednesday amid growing momentum for  intelligence reform, constant terrorism threats and a  persistent insurgency in Iraq.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to approve a landmark bill to restructure the nation&#39;s intelligence community, completing Congressional action intended to
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WASHINGTON The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to confirm the nomination of Representative Porter Goss, a Florida Republican, as director of central intelligence.
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Florida Congressman Porter Goss was approved Wednesday by the US Senate to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Goss replaces George Tenet, who resigned amid criticism about its handling of intelligence prior
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The 77-17 roll call by which the Senate voted to approve President Bush's nomination of Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., as Central Intelligence Agency director.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a massive reorganization of the United States intelligence community to address the Sept. 11 commission's complaints that the nation's spy agencies don't work together properly to deter terrorist attacks    The bill, approved on a 96-2 vote, would create a national counterterrorism center and also a position of national intelligence director who would coordinate most of the nation's nonmilitary intelligence agencies...
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The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to   reinstate a special CIA unit hunting for Osama bin Laden as it   passed a $469 billion Pentagon funding bill.