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CIA nominee moves closer to approval
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published May 24, 2006
WASHINGTON - Gen. Michael Hayden moved a step closer Tuesday to becoming the nation's 20th CIA chief, where he will take over an agency looking to steer through troubles ranging from al-Qaida to Washington politics. The Senate Intelligence Committee recommended confirmation, 12-3, with just three of the panel's seven Democrats voting against him. If the Senate approves him before Memorial Day, he could be sworn in by the end of the week. Hayden, the former National Security Agency chief who became the nation's No. 2 intelligence official last year, has been an advocate of the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., joined Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Evan Bayh of Indiana to vote against Hayden. In 1999, Hayden took over the world's largest spy agency, the NSA, as it struggled to keep up with communications technology from wireless phones to instant messenger programs. Hayden himself has become a source of controversy over the warrantless surveillance program. But, to date, no full-blown investigations have been launched into the program.
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