Bush CIA Pick Says He Is Not Too Biased for the Job
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The Republican congressman chosen by  President Bush to head the CIA said on Tuesday his Democratic  Party critics were wrong to say he was too partisan to take the  job.
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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 nation's spy chief on Sunday would not identify what CIA interrogators are allowed to do in getting information from terror suspects, but tried to assure critics that torture is not condoned or used.
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President Bush yesterday embraced the creation of a strong national intelligence director with &#39;&#39;full budgetary authority&quot; over America&#39;s spy
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Rep. Porter Goss is Bush's pick for CIA chief
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The Republican congressman chosen by  President Bush to head the CIA sought on Tuesday to assure  Democrats that he would leave politics behind and lead the spy  agency in a nonpartisan manner.
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The Republican-led Senate approved President Bush's choice to head the CIA, Rep. Porter Goss, over protests from some Democrats who said he has too many Republican ties for a job that requires independence.
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The recently retired deputy director of CIA operations yesterday defended the legality of the CIA&#39;s interrogation and detention policies in Iraq and elsewhere, saying they were carefully vetted
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President Bush's nominee for homeland security secretary advised the C.I.A. on the legality of coercive interrogation methods.
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As befits an ex-spymaster, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has given away little about his views on Iraq strategy, while being praised for openness.
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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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Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner who distinguished himself in the tense days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been selected by President Bush to
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In picking an ideological soul mate to run the State Department, President Bush seems to be strengthening his grip over foreign policy and national security.
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The CIA denied on Wednesday that its  new director had told the spy agency to shape intelligence to  support the policies of President Bush.
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You have to say this for President Bush and his advisers: They are not a timid bunch.
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President Bush said he nominated Robert Gates to be his next secretary of defense to provide a "fresh perspective" on Iraq, but it's not clear how the former CIA chief will influence administration policy on the war.
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The CIA's top lawyer said Tuesday he did not object to a 2002 memo authorizing interrogation techniques that stop just short of causing a sensation of impending organ failure or even death.