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May 23, 2006
General Hayden Approved By Intelligence Committee
After all the meaningless bitching about "domestic spying", all but the biggest commie libs on the Senate Intelligence Committee approved of sending his nomination on to the full senate.
WASHINGTON -- Gen. Michael Hayden moved a step closer Tuesday to becoming the nation's 20th CIA chief, where he will take over a spy agency looking for a leader to steer it through troubles ranging from al-Qaida threats to Washington politics.
The Senate Intelligence Committee recommended confirmation, 12-3, with three of the panel's seven Democrats voting against him. If the Senate approves him before Memorial Day, as expected, Hayden could be sworn in by the end of the week.
"We think he is an outstanding choice to head the CIA," committee chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said after the vote. "He is a proven leader and a supremely qualified intelligence professional"
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., praised Hayden for standing up to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on intelligence issues. "He has shown some independence and some backbone," Levin said.
Hayden's approval by the full senate is expected by the end of the week -- hopefully before our under-worked and overpaid legislators take off on another extended "holiday vacation."
Posted by Steve at May 23, 2006 08:46 PM
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