Porter Goss is confirmed as CIA director
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In what senators from both parties called a potential turning point for US intelligence agencies, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday afternoon to confirm Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla.
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(Washington-AP) Sept. 24, 2004 - The new CIA director has been sworn in. Porter Goss was sworn in by White House chief of staff Andrew Card in an Oval Office ceremony as President Bush looked on.
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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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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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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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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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Michael V. Kostiw, chosen by CIA Director Porter J. Goss to be the agency's new executive director, resigned under pressure from the CIA more than 20 years ago, according to past and current agency officials.
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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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Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is worried by the direction that Porter Goss, the CIA&#39;s new director, is leading his agency.
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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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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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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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The Republican-led Senate was poised to approve President Bush'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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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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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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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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management of the agency at a time when it is fighting terrorism and supporting US operations in Iraq. covert officer will take charge of the Directorate of Operations, CIA Director Porter Goss said in a statement on Monday.