U.S. Senate confirms Sommers as CFTC Commissioner
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The U.S. Senate early on Saturday  confirmed Jill E. Sommers, a Kansas Republican, to be a  commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Julie L. Myers as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two years after President Bush appointed her to the position amid questions about her qualifications to lead the government's second-largest law enforcement agency.
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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 Senate Wednesday confirmed Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., as the next CIA director on a 77-17 vote. Forty-nine Republicans joined 28 Democrats in voting &quot;yes&quot; to confirm Goss.
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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed defense industry executive Francis J. Harvey as secretary of the Army, the service's top civilian post.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the confirmation of outgoing national security adviser Condoleezza Rice as US secretary of state.
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Condoleezza Rice was confirmed as  U.S. secretary of state on Wednesday as a large majority of  senators swept aside objections from some Democrats who said  she should be held accountable for mistakes in the Iraq war.
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Federal judge Michael Chertoff, who  testified against torture and preached the need to protect  civil liberties, won unanimous Senate confirmation on Tuesday  to head the U.S. Homeland Security Department.
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The Senate early Saturday confirmed President Bush's nomination of Mary Peters as the new secretary of transportation.
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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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The Senate yesterday approved and sent to President Bush legislation to restructure the nation&#39;s intelligence community, marking a triumph for the federal commission that documented
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In what senators from both parties called a potential turning point for American intelligence agencies, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to confirm the nomination
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The US Senate approved the nomination of US Representative Porter J. Goss to head the Central Intelligence Agency Wednesday. By a vote of 77-17 , the Senate gave President Bush&#39;s nominee swift approval after
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved  Gen. George Casey, the outgoing commander of U.S. forces in  Iraq, as the next Army chief of staff despite criticism of his  performance as a war commander.
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The US Senate Intelligence Committee has approved, by a 12-4 vote, Republican Congressman Porter Goss to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency and sent the nomination to the full Senate for expected confirmation.
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Jonathan Adelstein, a former staffer for outgoing Senate minority leader Tom Daschle, was approved for a full term on the Federal Communications Commission in a Senate vote early Sunday.
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The Senate has confirmed Francis Harvey as secretary of the Army. But ironically, Harvey was confirmed the same day Air Force Secretary James Roche (rohch) announced his resignation.