Posted on 05/05/2006 10:52:38 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - CIA Director Porter Goss has resigned, a senior administration official said.
President Bush, who has been making staff changes at the White House to reinvigoriate his second term, was making another personnel announcement Friday.
Bush's new chief of staff, Joshua Bolten, has made several changes since taking over last month.
Recently, longtime Bush adviser and confidant Karl Rove had the policy-making portion of his portfolio taken away so he could focus on the midterm elections and White House press secretary Scott McClellan announced his resignation. McClellan has been replaced by Fox News commentator Tony Snow.
McClellan's last briefing at the White House was Friday. His last day isn't until next week, but the president is traveling in Florida the first part of the week, meaning that McClellan will be briefing on the road.
Rove was allowed to keep his deputy chief of staff title, but was stripped of day-to-day oversight of policy coordination. That job was given to Joel Kaplan, Bolten's former No. 2 when he was budget director.
Bush also named Rob Portman, a former six-term Republican congressman from Ohio who now serves as U.S. trade representative, to replace Bolten at the head of the Office of Management and Budget.
The vacant job of domestic policy adviser has not yet filled.
Other changes that have been expected included changes in the White House lobbying office run by Candida Wolff and the expected departure of communications chief Nicolle Wallace, whose husband recently moved to New York. Officials have also done little to discourage speculation that Treasury Secretary John Snow is leaving.
In each case it is because the organization is full of liberals.
Correct. Give me a room with two or more liberals and I will show you a plan to burn the room down. I would go as far as to say that liberals always have a burr under their saddle about something but jack__ses don't often wear saddles.
"kick *ss and take names"
When I think of the CIA, I think of some truly scary mothers.
I don't think of buraucrats and analysts.
Give us some Jason Bournes. Lots of 'em.
The difference between them and the communists is a difference of degree rather than kind.
Awlright dang it!!! Just what the heck do you think is wrong with us "ridgid" (I perfer consistent) "conservatives???"
Why you slammin us? If it weren't for us grabbin the steerin wheel everytime you "expediency conservatives" start capitulatin to some artfully crafted trap of the liberals, you'd all be in the ditch tryin to dial 911 for your big government tow truck pork program!!! Give it up with that "ridgid conservatives!"
Quit trying to stigmatize people you don't fully agree with as that's a liberal tactic, remember?
What? Are you now going for thread #20,000? (grin)
But we all will have to wait and see what comes down the river... I have a bad feeling about this...
I suppose degrees are all that separate any government form.
Muleteam1
You mean the idiot that is still calling himself "Ambassador," and expecting everyone around him to do the same? He still thinks he's in the State Department!!!
You mean the idiot that last week said Iran was at least 10 years away from having a nuclear bomb? He's the one that should have been asked to resign immediately!!!
He's the one that has been encouraging that Iranian punk President to keep rattling his sabre, thus keeping the price of oil where it's been!!!
I have been having bad feelings about Negropointyheadedidiot!!!
The old practice of compromising 50%, then 50% of that, then 50% of whatever remains is totally self-destructive and NOT recommended for conservatives, it would seem... but what do I know? I'm old school and traditional.
When they tell me... "bend or break, change or die," I'm too old to bend and don't give a hoot about changing from the fabulous life I've lived in such a fabulous nation. I'm not the slightest bit interested in compromising with those who simply want change for the sake of change. This is simply a young person's trick, knowing that ANY change inurs to their benefit!
What us old guys have lost in physical prowess, strength and endurance, we more than make up for in shrewdness, cunning and shear treachery! You youngsters shouldn't "start" with us if you value your dignity as much as we value what little we have left!!! (grin)(we don't have any time to recover anything we lose, you see)
DThe youngsters tht call themselves conservatives wouldn't make a pimple on a conservatives ass.
Thank you!
Well... I grinned when I typed it! Just like our Grinninator Governor whenever he puts out another CON Job!!!
I just wish they were they were as good at collecting intelligence as the old KGB...but without the aaahh... harsh methods!
One of the best comments I saw elsewhere was: "the CIA used to get in trouble for attempting to overthrow foreign governments, now, (since Clinton) they are attempting to overthrow the US government"!!
Pretty much right on!
Hey! That's SUPER!!!
Thanks for straightening me out on that.
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