Senate nears vote on Goss to head CIA
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The Republican-led Senate was poised to approve President Bush&#39;s choice to head the CIA, Rep. Porter Goss, over protests from some Democrats who say he has too many Republican ties for a job that requires independence.
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WASHINGTON - Even as Congress revamps the nation's intelligence network, lawmakers appear intent on getting a new CIA chief in office before they adjourn next month for the November election.    President Bush's choice for the post, retiring Rep...
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It has now become apparent why Porter Goss, a politician, was named to head the CIA in an administration that already has been accused of politicizing intelligence during the Iraq war: to settle old scores.
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THE CIAâs top spies are on the brink of revolt seven weeks after the arrival of President Bushâs new Director. Porter Goss and his newly imported aides have had a series of bruising showdowns with established
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The vote would send the intelligence overhaul bill to the Senate, which is expected to pass it on Wednesday.
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In an Oval Office ceremony, Porter Goss was sworn in Friday to head the CIA and lead an intelligence community which has faced intense criticism for failures and faulty information prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the Iraq war.
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WASHINGTON--Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has said for the past few weeks that he probably would vote against a national intelligence bill if is not changed before it comes back to the Senate.
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CIA Director Porter J. Goss is moving ahead with a shake-up at the agency, aimed at changing an outdated and risk-averse spying bureaucracy, according to US intelligence officials.
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As Senate Democrats question his independence, Rep. Porter Goss of Florida says he is committed to providing fair and accurate intelligence.
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Rep. Porter J. Goss of Florida said on Tuesday that rebuilding the CIA would take more than five years and that American spies needed to be encouraged to take more risks.
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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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Top Republican lawmakers voiced support for new CIA Director Porter Goss on Sunday after the resignations of at least two top officials raised questions about a possible upheaval in the agency.
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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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CIA Director Porter Goss plans to  deliver to President Bush on Wednesday plans for strengthening  the intelligence service as recommended by the commission that  investigated the Sept. 11 attacks, The Washington Post  reported.
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The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee warned fellow Democrats in the Senate on Sunday against trying to block the nomination of Rep. Porter Goss as CIA director, saying that would be picking the wrong fight in this election year.
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The US Senate confirmed Representative Porter Goss, who led efforts in Congress to reform intelligence-gathering, as head of the Central Intelligence Agency for which Goss once worked as a spy.
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President Bush's election victory means job security for someone else: CIA Director Porter Goss. A loyal Republican congressman from Florida, Goss was Bush's last major nomination before the election. Goss, 65, took over the Central Intelligence Agency in late September, with the knowledge that he could be out of work if Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry won.