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Veteran spy to be named as intel chief
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published January 5, 2007
WASHINGTON - Retired Vice Adm. Mike McConnell, a veteran of more than 25 years in the intelligence field, will be named by President Bush to succeed John Negroponte as national intelligence director, the Associated Press reported Thursday, citing a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity . Negroponte will move to the State Department to become the No. 2 to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The nominations of McConnell and Negroponte are expected to be announced by Bush today. The administration sought to dispel any suggestion that Negroponte's shift was a demotion. Bush personally reached out to Negroponte, an experienced diplomat, to take over the long-vacant job as deputy secretary of state. Bush also talked personally with McConnell about taking the job as director of national intelligence, overseeing all 16 U.S. spy agencies. Under Donald Rumsfeld's reign at the Defense Department, there were rivalries and friction between the Pentagon and the intelligence community. Robert Gates, who took over last month as secretary of defense, supports McConnell's nomination to the top intelligence post, the official said.
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