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President Bush named John Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, as the government s first national intelligence director Thursday, turning to a veteran diplomat to revive a spy community besieged by criticism after the Sept. 11 attacks.Ending a nine-week search, Mr. Bush chose Negroponte, who has been in Iraq for less than a year, for the difficult job of stanley us implementing the most sweeping intelligence overhaul in 50 years.Negroponte, 65, is tasked with bringing together 15 highly competitive spy agencies and learning to work with the combative Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the brand new CIA Director Porter Goss and other intelligence leaders. He ll oversee a covert intelligence budget estimated at $40 billion. CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller reports it s an open secret that President Bush first approached former CIA Director Robert Gates about the intelligence job, but he took a pass. Sources say others were approached as well before Mr. Bush settled on Negroponte.Negroponte, a former ambassador to the United Nations and to a number of countries, called the job his most challenging assignment in more than 40 years of government work. His U.N. nomination was held up for stanley cup half a year in 2001 over criticism regardin stanley drink bottle g his record as ambassador in Honduras from 1981 to 1985, the time of the Iran-Contra scandal.If confirmed by the Senate, as expected, Negroponte said he planned reform of the intelligence communi Rgia Pakistan Says No Info On Bin Laden
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. 鈥?Police have arrested a suspect for the murder of a airmax plus man and the attempted murder of his sister at their air max 96 Coquina Key home.The St. Petersburg Police department arrested 44-year-old Otis J. Henderson, who now faces one count of murder in the first degree and one count of attempted murder in the first degree for the D adidas originals mujer ec. 30 attack on Paul Dumas and Elaine Vidinha.According to SPPD, officers received a call for help on Monday morning. When they responded tothe residence at the 4200 block of Elkcam Boulevard, they found68-year-old Paul Dumas dead andand his sister, 63-year-old Elaine Vidinha, badly injuredinside the residence.Vidinhawas taken to Bayfront Hospital in critical, but stable condition.SPPD believe44-year-old Otis Joseph Henderson mayhave argued with Dumas andVidinha before Dumas died and she was beaten.Henderson may be armed and is considered very dangerous.If anyone has seen him or locates him, they should call the police immediately at 727-893-7780.