WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said Friday his foreign policy and intelligence adviser, CIA veteran John O. Brennan, will be his counter-terrorism adviser.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama put the final touches on his national security team Friday, with two nominees and several appointments to advisory panels.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Retired Adm. Dennis Blair Friday was tapped by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to be his nominee for director of national intelligence.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama introduced Washington veteran Leon Panetta as his nominee to head the CIA Friday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Leon Panetta, President Bill Clinton's chief of staff, may be U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to head the CIA, Democratic officials said Monday.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A former U.S. commander in the Pacific is a leading candidate to become President-elect Barack Obama's national intelligence director, Democratic officials say.
CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has been boning up on intelligence matters in recent days, holding long sessions with his foreign policy team, sources say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Counterterrorism expert John Brennan says he's withdrawing his name from consideration to be U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's CIA director.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama has decided to keep Robert Gates as U.S. defense secretary, sources close to the transition team said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The top two U.S. intelligence officers are prepared to be replaced by President-elect Barack Obama soon after he takes office, intelligence officials said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Barack Obama, with projected wins in West Coast states, became the first African-American president-elect of the United States Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- John Brennan, the head of the National Counter-Terrorism Center, has told staff he wants to leave his post as soon as a replacement can be found.