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Gotten to know over the years, not just serving on the senate intelligence committee, but also as the president has noted, the privilege of co-chairing the presidents intelligence advisory board with former senator dave boren. thank you, mike are four your continued service. mr. president, im grateful for this opportunity to serve our country again. especially its men and women in uniform and their families. these are people who give so much to this nation every day with such dignity and selfles...

Thats something invaluable. it will provide me the kinds of insights that i need in making very difficult decisions but it will also mean that these folks are going to be looking out for the people who work for them and thats something that i think in these leadership positions is absolutely critical. im looking forward to working with these two gentlemen. they are going to be outstanding. thank you very much, everyone. [ applause ] >> and with that you can see, first of all, the strong personal...

And that its work always reflects the liberties, the freedoms, and the values that we hold so dear. im especially proud to stand here today with such patriots as leon panetta, chuck hagel, and michael morrell. it was a tremendous honor to serve with leon over the past four years. i very much look forward to the opportunity and privilege to serve with another of americas great patriots, chuck hagel. i am especially proud and touched to be able to stabbed here today with my close friend and collea...

0 job, i think. >> in the reorganization director of national intelligence, the cia director seems to report to him technically given the very close relationship that we all know between john brennan and the president. does this really supplant and change that whole reorganized new structure, the bureaucracy that some have said didnt work anyway? >> right. as we all know or those of us that have lived in this know this relationship has always been a little bit touchy between the dni and the dire...

In all of washington. president obama wanted to announce one much his cabinet positions before he left for vacation. what is a surprise we expected him to unveil his entire defense team all at once. that didnt happen. aides say hes mulling over his other choices. he is coming under scrutiny now because with the kerry pick top echelons of the cabinet could all be white male. thats not very diverse. some people saying they want to see a more diverse cabinet from the president p the president himse...

combating school violence is simple. it says banks, power plarngts congress, and the president are protected with armed security and the nations schools should be guarded that way, too. after a week of calls for tighter gun restrictions and signs of a possible shift in public attitudes, about access to the weapons like the rifle used in connecticut, the national rifle association instead called for putting more armed security officers in the nations schools. the. >> the onlying that st...

Presidential executive order almost four years ago." again, that was an internal e-mail obtained tonight by andrea mitchell from the acting cia director, michael morrell, to cia employees. a news day like this tends to occlude all the other news, for good reason, but that is what is going on, well be right back. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. weve been there. thats why every bit of fi...

Committee says the un -- says the classified report uncovers" startling details about the cia and detention program." before the report can be released to the public, and it is not even certain yet that that will happen, the cia gets a chance to review the findings, and essentially to give their side of the story. well, tonight, nbcs andrea mitchell has obtained an internal e-mail from the acting director of the cia to all the employ employees of the cia. it says in part "we are well aware that ...

ron barber, who took gabby giffords seat in congress after she stepped down to deal with her injuries. he said today, as those of us in tucson know, senseless acts such as these tear at the very fabric of a community. mark kelly, gabby giffords husband said today i just spoke with gabby, and she sends her prayers from tucson. in oak creek, wisconsin, where four months ago this was another mass shooting at a sikh temple, another six people gunned down at that temple. a school superinten...

giffords seat in congress after she stepped down to deal with her injuries. he said today, "as those of us in tucson know, senseless acts such as these tear at the very fabric of a community." mark kelly, gabby giffords husband said today, "i just spoke with gabby, and she sends her prayers from tucson." in oak creek, wisconsin, where four months ago there was another mass shooting at a sikh temple, another six people gunned down at that temple. a school superintendent there today told...