Photo: President-elect Barack Obama speaks to reporters after a meeting with his top economic advisers at his transition office in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. Gerald HerbertFrom The Ledger-Enquirer:
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama is defending his unexpected CIA nominee Leon Panetta, who faced a surge of skepticism in Congress on Tuesday but is not expected to draw serious opposition when his confirmation reaches the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Obama promised that his intelligence team- led by Panetta and retired Adm. Dennis Blair, the nominee for national intelligence director - will break with Bush administration practices that he said tarnished U.S. intelligence agencies and American foreign policy.
Word of Panetta's selection Monday caught key senators by surprise- notably California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, the incoming Intelligence Committee chairwoman.
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