Pentagon nominee Gates to go before Senate panel
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Robert Gates, President George W. Bush's choice to take over the Pentagon as the Iraq war grinds on, goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday for what is expected to be quick hearing before likely Senate confirmation later this week.
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A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday approved the nomination of John Negroponte, the outgoing director of national intelligence, to become deputy secretary of state, sending the nomination to the full Senate.
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Exclusive: For the second time, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is transferring a top-level commander rather than promoting a younger leader--raising eyebrows among military leaders
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(Washington-AP) Sept. 14, 2004 - The Senate Intelligence Committee opens hearings Tuesday morning into the nomination of Porter Goss as CIA chief, succeeding George Tenet, who resigned.
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Robert Gates, nominated to replace Donald Rumsfeld as U.S. defense secretary, on Tuesday said he did not believe America was winning the war in Iraq and that he would consider all options for changing course.
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A controversial figure takes charges of a State Department advisory panel.
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WASHINGTON - Two influential Senate Republicans are putting forward competing proposals to change the intelligence community's leadership structure, despite words of caution from top Pentagon officials.    As Congress works through the August recess to consider recommendations from the Sept...
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Senate Democrats are considering filibustering Alberto Gonzales' nomination to be attorney general over his role in developing the Bush administration's policies on treating foreign detainees.
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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 Senate overwhelmingly approved Robert M. Gates yesterday as the new defense secretary to replace Donald H. Rumsfeld, sealing a swift confirmation with a vote of 95 to 2 that reflected bipartisan confidence in   his willingness to overhaul U.S. strategy in Iraq.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates will consider sending some 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan to thwart any spring offensive by Taliban militants, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are mum or undecided about whether they will support President Bush's nominee to head the CIA, saying they're still concerned about his independence and objectivity.    During a 4 1/2-hour confirmation hearing for former House Intelligence Chairman Porter Goss, R-Fla., the panel's Democrats appeared most concerned about his Republican background and recent politically charged comments...
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A Republican lawmaker said on Sunday his U.S. Senate committee would look into a reported move by the Pentagon to reinterpret U.S. law to give Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld broad authority over spy operations abroad.
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A Republican lawmaker said on Sunday  his U.S. Senate committee would look into a reported move by  the Pentagon to reinterpret U.S. law to give Defense Secretary  Donald Rumsfeld broad authority over spy operations abroad.
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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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It didn't take long, at his confirmation hearings for Defense Secretary, for Robert Gates to give Senate Democrats some answers they've been desperate for
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Â· Chairman of joint chiefs of staff to stand down Â· Senate hearings would have been controversial