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To: michael97123 who wrote (445006)1/5/2009 2:57:01 PM
From: longnshort  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572899
 
Oh great this makes me feel safe.

Obama picks Leon Panetta to head CIA
Jan 5 03:52 PM US/Eastern
By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to run the CIA.

Panetta was a surprise pick for the post, with no experience in the intelligence world. An Obama transition official and another Democrat disclosed his nomination on a condition of anonymity since it was not yet public.

Panetta was director of the Office of Management and Budget and a longtime congressman from California.

He served on the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan panel that released a report at the end of 2006 with dozens of recommendations for the reversing course in the Iraq war.

Panetta currently directs with his wife Sylvia the Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy, based at California State University, Monterey Bay a university he helped establish on the site of the former U.S. Army base, Fort Ord.



To: michael97123 who wrote (445006)1/5/2009 3:36:21 PM
From: d[-_-]b  Respond to of 1572899
 
Israel and Egypt probably need another week to degrade hamas to a point where egypt can come in to police gaza and bring abbas back. Then the aid can flow freely and perhaps gaza can in the end become the model, not the refugee camp

That would be a nice outcome - would be good to see something like peace there for awhile.