Senate Questions Goss for CIA's Top Post

NPR | By Mary Louise Kelly

Published September 14, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Rep. Porter Goss, President Bush's nominee for CIA director, faces tough questioning from Senate Democrats at his confirmation hearings. Responding to multiple accusations that he used intelligence politically, Goss pledged to provide non-partisan intelligence. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

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