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  Morning Update: Panetta Tapped for CIA

  Posted on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 by campaign2008

  President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly chosen Leon Panetta (San Jose Mercury News), former chief of staff to Bill Clinton, as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Obama also tapped retired Adm. Dennis Blair to be director of national intelligence. 

  SOUTHWEST ASIA: Vice President-elect Joe Biden will travel to Southwest Asia (Reuters) on a fact-finding trip later this week. The countries Biden will visit have not yet been announced for security reasons, according to his spokeswoman.

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