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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:41 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: CIA's Tenet resigns
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/03/tenet.resigns/index.html
>
>
> Bush: Tenet resigns as CIA director
> Dep. Director John McLaughlin to become acting chief
> Thursday, June 3, 2004 Posted: 11:05 AM EDT (1505 GMT)
>
> WASHINGTON (CNN) -- CIA Director George Tenet has resigned, citing
> personal reasons, President Bush said Thursday.
>
> Tenet's resignation takes effect in mid-July, after which Deputy
Director
> John McLaughlin will become the agency's acting chief, Bush told
reporters
> at the White House.
>
> Bush said that Tenet informed him of his decision Wednesday night.
>
> Bush said Tenet had done "a superb job for the American people."
>
> "He has been a strong and able leader at the agency," Bush said.
>
> "He has been a strong leader in the war on terror and I will miss
him."
>
> He had faced heavy criticism over the September 11, 2001, attacks on
New
> York and Washington, and on the war in Iraq, in which pre-invasion
U.S.
> estimates that Iraq was amassing stockpiles of weapons of mass
destruction
> now appear to have been incorrect.
>
>
> Bush made the announcement before boarding Marine One for a flight to
> Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. He is on his way to Europe, where
he
> will attend ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the D-Day
invasion
> in World War II. (Full story)
>
> Tenet was sworn in as the Director of Central Intelligence on July 11,
> 1997 by President Clinton.
>
> A native New Yorker, Tenet holds a degree in foreign service from
> Georgetown University and in international affairs from Columbia
> University.
>
>
>
> Jerry Johnson
>
>
>
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