Obama Seeks to Ease Tensions Over Panetta Pick
- By Jessica Brady
- Roll Call Staff
- Jan. 6, 2009, 1:19 p.m.
President-elect Barack Obama sought to ease tensions today over his reported pick of Leon Panetta to head the CIA, calling Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) one day after the incoming chairman of the influential Intelligence Committee had voiced serious concern. Obama also praised Panetta in a discussion with reporters today, though he made a point of noting that the announcement was not official yet.
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