President Elect Barack Obama continued highlighting what many are calling the Clinton Third Term by appointing Leon Panetta to be the Director of the CIA.
The 70 year old Panetta served as the White House Chief of Staff for President William Jefferson Clinton from 1994 to 1997, and he had been the head of Clinton’s Office of Management and Budget from 1993 to 1994. Prior to his Presidential appointment, Mr. Panetta had served a California Congressman from 1976 to 1990. Originally a Republican, Panetta switched to the Democrats when he felt that the Republicans were drifting too far from the “center”, and were not supportive of civil rights issues.
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January 5, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Ace
OK, look…it’s obvious what’s happening here. Are we taking bets on the day Hillary Clinton ascends to the Presidency?
January 5, 2009 at 5:01 pm
JAMES
Ace, unfortunately the VP, the Speaker (God help us all), the President pro tempore of the Senate (presently the ancient Robert Byrd), and then the Secretary of State.