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| Goss to step down as House Intel chairman |
| 2004-08-11 |
| Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., nominated by President Bush Tuesday to be the new director of central intelligence, is resigning as chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, United Press International has learned. In a move designed to placate critics who have questioned his commitment to intelligence reform and promised him a rough ride in confirmation hearings, Goss "has sent a letter tonight to the Speaker (of the House) temporarily resigning his chairmanship, pending his confirmation," an aide who asked not to be named told UPI Tuesday evening. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Goss is a GOP partisan hack--why didn't Bush just cut to the chase and appoint DeLay? |
| Posted by: NotMikeMoore 2004-08-11 23:59 |
| #4 Enough of these stupid 'false' filibusters. If they aren't on the floor speaking, hold the vote and end to playing by make-believe rules. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2004-08-11 18:06 |
| #3 (Especially in South Dakota.) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-08-11 13:30 |
| #2 critics who have questioned his commitment to intelligence reform and promised him a rough ride in confirmation hearings This is great! Thanks for another great stick to beat you with, Dems! The GOP should beat this issue like a drum: Democrats are once again playing politics with the very intelligence agency which had been hammered in the wake of the 9/11 investigations. Bush puts up a good man, and the Dems are once again dragging their feet. Even if not one of the unnamed critics is up for re-election in '04, the GOP needs to hammer this point home in the simplest possible language. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-08-11 13:29 |
| #1 It should get interesting for Kerry after Goss is confirmed. Won't they have seen the same Intelligence reports? Not to mention the example he sets by temporarily resigning. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-08-11 07:40 |