Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Hagel and McCain Sit Down to Iron Out a Few Differences

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/us/politics/first-test-of-new-term-comes-in-cabinet-hearings.html?_r=0

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From: barry levine 
Date: Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:39 PM
Subject: re: Hagel and McCain Sit Down to Iron Out a Few Differences
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the the Editor:
   The U.S. senate's advice and consent on president Obama's nominations of senators Hagel and Kerry is necessary and important. But the conclusions can be foregone; each is eminently qualified to be Secretaries of  Defense and of State respectively.  
   What must be dragged into the light of day--and perhaps killed-- is the nomination of John O. Brennan to head the C.I.A. His--as much as anyone's--is the face of an agency amok, whose agents, officers and contractors are answerable to no law  Neither he nor anyone else should be considered for the post of Director/CIA until senator Whyden's request for appropriate congressional oversight is satisfied.
Barry Haskell Levine

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