Posted on 05/26/2006 6:57:18 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
Senate confirms Hayden as CIA director By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer
After hearing assurances he will be independent of the Pentagon, the Senate on Friday easily confirmed Gen. Michael Hayden, a career Air Force man, to head the CIA.
Hayden, a four-star general, currently is the top deputy to National Intelligence Director John Negroponte.
Hayden, 61, would be the first active-duty or retired military officer to run the spy agency in 25 years. He was approved by a vote of 78-15.
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Hurray! Now let's hope he cleans out all the leakers.
Good. I think he will do a very good job. Still this does nothing to stem my anger at the senate for what happened yesterday.
That was quick inspite of the slander attempts of the MSM.
Ruh-Roh, the DUmmies are gonna be pissed.....
No kidding that was quick. Remember all the articles saying how contentious his confirmation would be given the uproar over the NSA SPYING ON AMERICANS WHICH WAS HAYDEN'S FAULT!!!!???
Do we even need to guess who did not vote for him?
"Hurray! Now let's hope he cleans out all the leakers."
Goss started the job, and this appointment will send a lot of left over leakers to the doors in panic.
If he can't stop the leaks and reform the CIA, he will gut it, close it and make it a footnote of history.
The CIA needs to get rid of 75% of it's worthless management and put more boots in the field.
"Ruh-Roh, the DUmmies are gonna be pissed....."
Good! They had best hope that they haven't been calling al Qaeda thugs or getting paid by some Islamofascist group.
I don't see how this could happen with all the hand wringing from the media and some folks on here -- sometimes it makes me think we have more from DU then they have.
This is very good news!
/DU tinfoil mode
Yep... He is going to run the Hoover over there its clean up time at the agency... All you Clinton hold outs, leakers, squeakers, sneakers, peekers, pack your bags... cause "THE MAN COMES AROUND....
> That was quick in spite of the slander attempts of the MSM.
What, no sabre rattling about filibusters?
What exactly happened here?
"No kidding that was quick. Remember all the articles saying how contentious his confirmation would be given the uproar over the NSA SPYING ON AMERICANS WHICH WAS HAYDEN'S FAULT!!!!???"
It was quick and a huge landslide Senate vote for the General. Any $inator up for re election this year or in 2008 with half a brain didn't want to be on record voting against this man.
Good news!
History is going to be very kind to this tremendous CIC/POTUS GWB. A man of his character and quiet resolve is never appreciated as much while doing the job as he is once he is gone.
I'll bet Hillary voted for him. With her presidential ambitions, even she is smart enough not to vote against someone who would be CIA director under her evil administration.
"I don't see how this could happen with all the hand wringing from the media and some folks on here -- sometimes it makes me think we have more from DU then they have.
This is very good news!"
Obviously, their focus groups showed that most Americans want NSA and the CIA to do their jobs. Only the radical hate America left overs from our Nam Days don't want intel to protect our families and our country.
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