Lcyz Richardson Criticizes Rivals Over Iraq
Gina Haspel, nominee to become the CIA s first female director, has been approved by the Senate intelligence Committee after telling Congress that the agency shouldn t have used harsh interrogation tactics after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Haspel was approved in a 10-5 committee vote early Wednesday in a closed-door session. Her nomination now moves to the Senate for a floor vote.Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, s stanley uk aid in statement after the vote that Haspel is the  most qualified person the President could choose to lead the CIA and the most prepared nominee in the 70 year history of the Agency. He added,  She has acted moral stanley mugs ly, ethically, and legally, over a distinguished 30-year career and is the right person to lead the Agency into an uncertain and challenging future. I m pleased to see the Committee favorably report her nomination to the full Senate, and I look forward to her swift confirmation.                                         Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, who originally expressed concerns with Haspel s history at the agency during her confirmation hearing, said that he believes Haspel will be a  strong advocate for the Agency s workforce, and an independent voice who can and will stand up on behalf of our nation s intelligence community. He added,  Most importantly, I believe she is someone who can and will stand up to the President if ordered to do something illegal or immoral ndash; like a retu stanley mug rn to torture.         With Fnos Falwell says he has been asked to lead higher ed task force
No longer will the attorney general be photographed in front of two partially nude statues in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice.The department spent $8,000 on bl stanley taza ue drapes that hide the two giant, aluminum art deco statues. For aesthetic reasons the drapes were occasionally hung in front of the statues before formal events. The department  vaso stanley used to rent the drapes, but has now purchased them and left them hanging.Justice Department spokeswoman Barbara Comstock said the decision to install the curtains was made by Attorney General John Ashcroft s aide who handles advance work.  It was done for TV aesthetics,  she said.                                        ABC News reported that Ashcroft ordered the statues covered because he didn t like being photographed in front of them.Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, Ashcroft has been photographed several times in front of the female statue that represents the Spirit of Justice. The statue has its arms raised and a toga draped over its body, but a single breast is completely exposed.        The other statue, of a man with a cloth covering his midsection, is called the Majesty of Law.Both statues were installed in the 1930s when the building was finished, according to the Justice Department.The statues were hidden by curtains on Nov. 20, when President Bu stanley mug sh came to the Justice Department to name the building after the assassinated former attorney general,Robert Kennedy.Comstock said the Justice Department bought the drapes

Lcyz Richardson Criticizes Rivals Over Iraq
Gina Haspel, nominee to become the CIA s first female director, has been approved by the Senate intelligence Committee after telling Congress that the agency shouldn t have used harsh interrogation tactics after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Haspel was approved in a 10-5 committee vote early Wednesday in a closed-door session. Her nomination now moves to the Senate for a floor vote.Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, s stanley uk aid in statement after the vote that Haspel is the  most qualified person the President could choose to lead the CIA and the most prepared nominee in the 70 year history of the Agency. He added,  She has acted moral stanley mugs ly, ethically, and legally, over a distinguished 30-year career and is the right person to lead the Agency into an uncertain and challenging future. I m pleased to see the Committee favorably report her nomination to the full Senate, and I look forward to her swift confirmation.                                         Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, who originally expressed concerns with Haspel s history at the agency during her confirmation hearing, said that he believes Haspel will be a  strong advocate for the Agency s workforce, and an independent voice who can and will stand up on behalf of our nation s intelligence community. He added,  Most importantly, I believe she is someone who can and will stand up to the President if ordered to do something illegal or immoral ndash; like a retu stanley mug rn to torture.         With Fnos Falwell says he has been asked to lead higher ed task force
No longer will the attorney general be photographed in front of two partially nude statues in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice.The department spent $8,000 on bl stanley taza ue drapes that hide the two giant, aluminum art deco statues. For aesthetic reasons the drapes were occasionally hung in front of the statues before formal events. The department  vaso stanley used to rent the drapes, but has now purchased them and left them hanging.Justice Department spokeswoman Barbara Comstock said the decision to install the curtains was made by Attorney General John Ashcroft s aide who handles advance work.  It was done for TV aesthetics,  she said.                                        ABC News reported that Ashcroft ordered the statues covered because he didn t like being photographed in front of them.Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, Ashcroft has been photographed several times in front of the female statue that represents the Spirit of Justice. The statue has its arms raised and a toga draped over its body, but a single breast is completely exposed.        The other statue, of a man with a cloth covering his midsection, is called the Majesty of Law.Both statues were installed in the 1930s when the building was finished, according to the Justice Department.The statues were hidden by curtains on Nov. 20, when President Bu stanley mug sh came to the Justice Department to name the building after the assassinated former attorney general,Robert Kennedy.Comstock said the Justice Department bought the drapes