President Bush to Nominate John Negroponte as National Intelligence Director

ABC News | February 17, 2005

[basil]

Obviously, I haven't been paying attention to who the ambassador to Iraq is--LOL! 'Scuse me--I'm very bad on remembering names.

[Grn_Lantern]

Really, who as a child says "when I grow up, I want to join the foreign service."

I imagine this is something marketing majors do when they can't find another job...

[advance_copy]

Also tells me Porter Goss is the man - the NID being more of a coordinator...

Yep, and that is good news.

[cyncooper]

He is a controversial figure because of his involvement in covert funding of the Contras and his covering up of human rights abuses carried out by CIA-trained operatives in Honduras in the 1980s.

Hence his qualifications to those so quick to dismiss.

[IrishGOP]

Fox appeared clueless (as in they were talking about something else).

LOL!! Different day, same Fox News

[Grn_Lantern]

Fox news alert...we don't know what's going on...but there's a car chase

[cyncooper]

He was quite prominent in the prelude to going to war in Iraq...He was our Ambassador to the UN at that time.

[jusduat]

I remember that Negroponte got up and walked out of some stupid committee (UN) meeting that was set to issue another crazy injunction against Israel.. During the Jennin so
called massacre. If I remember correctly. I thought he
did the right thing then, by not even wasting time to sitR> and listen to those fools.

[anniegetyourgun]

I have a 14-year old considering it.....that, or CIA ops.

I'm glad there are those who are willing to serve.

[txrangerette]

It's right outside my house in a residential neighborhood in Abilene, TX(the car chase). How FNC found it and got it on so quickly, I can't imagine. Wow, are they ever gooooood!!! /sarcasm

[kcvl]

John Negroponte

[bored at work]

thanks for asking that

[BigSkyFreeper]

Fox appeared clueless (as in they were talking about something else).

I quite frankly don't give a rip about these high-profile celebrity trials they spend an inordinate amount of time covering. When they are covering something I am interested in, they break into a FOX News Alert to tell me that Micheal Jackson winds up in the emergency room with a daggum flu.

[kcvl]

Democrats are already *itching, so it must be a GREAT choice!

[Grn_Lantern]

It's funny...cause I wasn't watching as was totally just making that up.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Fox has made this announcement about 12 times.

[mrobison]

Hey, Mods...

How is this not Breaking News? What are you thinking?

[tiredoflaundry]

I guess this means there is an Amb. to Iraq job opening soon. Hmmmmmmmmmm, who would be a "good" candidate for that position?? :-)

[Quilla]

How 'bout stepping outside and telling them about John Negroponte's appointment. ;-)

[Grn_Lantern]

I have a suggestion...my good friend JDAM