Goss nomination DOA? . . .

[OneBlueSky]

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, seems to think so . . .

Rep. Goss has no chance of heading CIA: Roberts
By Alexander Bolton
The Hill
July 14, 2004

http://www.hillnews.com/news/071404/roberts.aspx

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, yesterday dismissed the chances of Rep. Porter Goss’s (R-Fla.) becoming director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Goss, a former CIA case officer and chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, had been named by senior administration officials as the front-runner for the job vacated by former CIA director George Tenet, who resigned Sunday.

Goss’s candidacy has foundered because of opposition from Senate and House Democrats who believe he is too partisan to run the CIA. The agency is at the center of the political battle over whether the invasion of Iraq was justified.

“Porter Goss? That trial balloon went up, and Sen. Rockefeller got out his BB gun and popped it out of the sky,” said Roberts in a wide-ranging interview in his Hart Building office, referring to his committee’s ranking member.

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http://www.hillnews.com/news/071404/roberts.aspx

[beyurslf]

1. Roberts is my Senator... while I don't like him sometimes he does do a few

good things.

[u2spirit]

2. He will be confirmed due to Dems spine (lack thereof)

See this thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2189023

[sangh0]

3. Some of us don't believe Bush*

Your mileage may vary

[Feanorcurufinwe]

4. I'll bet you $50 you're wrong.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

5. Another blunder from Bush

[shraby]

6. I guess we can call him

blunderbush.