US Senate Confirms Goss, Bush Nominee, as CIA Director
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The US Senate confirmed Porter Goss, a Republican congressman and President George W. Bush&#39;s choice to head the Central Intelligence Agency.
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A Senate panel yesterday approved the nomination of Representative Porter Goss, Republican of Florida, to head the CIA, overcoming Democrats&#39; objections that Goss was too political for the job.
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The Senate confirmed Porter Goss as the new CIA director yesterday amid growing momentum for intelligence reform, terrorism threats and a persistent insurgency in Iraq.
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US President George W. Bush on Monday formally nominated retired federal judge Michael Mukasey as attorney general and urged the US Senate to confirm him swiftly.
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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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The US Senate has confirmed President George W. Bush's nomination of former US spy chief John Negroponte as deputy secretary of state.
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Michigan Republican Rep. Peter Hoekstra was picked to head the House Intelligence Committee, replacing Rep. Porter Goss who has been nominated to head the Central Intelligence Agency, Speaker
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Representative Porter J. Goss, the Florida Republican who until recently was chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was confirmed by the Senate today as the next director of central intelligence.
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President Bush&#39;s nominee to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency says he is committed to reform and would be a fair and independent spy chief if confirmed by the Senate.
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WASHINGTON - A Senate panel on Tuesday approved the nomination of Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., to head the CIA, overcoming Democrats' objections that Goss was too political for the job...
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Porter Goss was sworn in as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) at the White House on Friday to succeed George Tenet who resigned in July.
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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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The Senate confirmed Porter Goss as  the new CIA director on Wednesday amid a clamor for  intelligence reform, constant terrorism threats and a  persistent insurgency in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2004 -- The Senate confirmed US Rep. Porter Goss to head the CIA on Sept. 23. Goss, 65, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and a former Army intelligence officer, was confirmed by a vote 77-17.
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WASHINGTON-- US Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., member of the Senate Select Committee on intelligence, delivered a statement to the Senate regarding the nomination of Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fl.
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Porter Goss was sworn in Friday to head the CIA and lead an intelligence community that has faced intense criticism for faulty information &#151; and failing to share good information it did gather &#151; before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON -- US President George W. Bush signed executive orders yesterday designed to strengthen the CIA director&#39;s power over US intelligence agencies and create a national counter-terrorism centre, responding to election-year pressure to enact changes