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Hayden sworn in
The
NY Times reports on Gen. Michael Hayden as director of the C.I.A.:
Gen. Michael Hayden was sworn in as CIA director Tuesday and told the
officers at the embattled agency they must be competent and cooperative to
keep the ''central'' in Central Intelligence Agency.
Even with those marching orders, Hayden reassured the agency that it remains
key to U.S. spy operations and analysis.
In his first day on the job, Hayden told his staff that only the CIA has the
''connective tissue'' to bring the intelligence community together. A fan of
sports metaphors, Hayden compared the CIA to a star player on a football
team: critical but part of a whole that must work together.
Treasury nominee Paulson’s biography
Henry (Hank) Paulson has been nominated by President Bush to be the next
Secretary of Treasury, replacing John Snow.
Paulson, 60, has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs
investment firm since May 1999, and a director since August 1998. He was
Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer or Co-Chief Executive Officer of The
Goldman Sachs Group, L.P., from June 1998 to May 1999, and served as Chief
Operating Officer from December 1994 to June 1998. Paulson did not serve on
the board of any public company other than Goldman Sachs. He was the
Chairman of the Financial Services Forum. He is affiliated with certain
non-profit organizations, including as a member of the Board of Directors of
Catalyst.
Paulson did short stints in Washington, D.C. during the Nixon administration
in the 1970s, where he worked at the Pentagon and the White House. At
Dartmouth College, he was an all-Ivy League football lineman and graduated
with a bachelor's degree in English. He went on to earn an MBA at Harvard
University.
He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Tsinghua University School of
Economics and Management. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of The
Nature Conservancy, Co-Chairman of the Asia/Pacific Council of The Nature
Conservancy and Chairman Emeritus of The Peregrine Fund, Inc.
Fournier moving on
The Associated Press's chief political writer, Ron Fournier announced to
colleagues that he is leaving the position of chief political reporter for
the Associated Press and taking up an Internet job. From ABC's The Note:
The Associated Press's chief political writer, Ron Fournier, told 2/3 of the
Gang of 500 in a mass e-mail yesterday that he is moving on to a
yet-to-be-revealed new position having something to do with that World Wide
Web thing the kids are so juiced up about these days.
Gore against
nuclear energy
Former Vice President Al Gore in an interview with the
Guardian said that he does not see nuclear energy as the solution to
global warming:
In the interview Mr. Gore also distances himself from Tony Blair on the
subject of nuclear power, which the prime minister has insisted is "back on
the agenda with a vengeance". Mr. Gore says he is "skeptical about it
playing a much larger role," and that although it might have a part to play
in Britain or China, it will not be "a silver bullet" in the fight against
global warming.
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