Senate Votes 98-0 to Install Deutch as CIA Director
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WASHINGTON — Without a ripple of dissent, the Senate voted Tuesday to install John M. Deutch as the new CIA director.
By a count of 98 to 0, the Senate handed Deutch the job he initially turned down after President Clinton’s first CIA director, R. James Woolsey, resigned in January.
Deutch is to be sworn in as the 17th director of the CIA today. Adm. William O. Studeman, who has been acting director since Woolsey left, will revert to being deputy director. It is not clear how long Studeman will stay.
In brief remarks to reporters, Deutch, 56, said he was heartened by the Senate vote. He reiterated his intention to shake up the agency.
“There will be some changes in the leadership,” he said. “That’s not going to be a bloodletting. That’s going to be a team affair.” He mentioned no names but said the exact nature of the personnel changes would be clear in a few weeks.
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