Transition Confirmation Hearings (45 images)

Central Intelligence Agency Director nominee Leon Panetta (L) shakes hands with Sen. Carl Levin, D-MI, prior to testifying before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee regarding his nomination by U.S. President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington on February 5, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

Director of National Intelligence nominee Dennis Blair (L) listens as Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) listens as he introduces him before Blair testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee during his confirmation hearing in Washington on January 22, 2009. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

Central Intelligence Agency Director nominee Leon Panetta appears before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee regarding his nomination by U.S. President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington on February 5, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

Chelsea Clinton looks over her mother's shoulder as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding her nomination by President-elect Barack Obama to be Secretary of State on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 13, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)