BUSH NAMES GEN. HAYDEN TO HEAD CIA

U.S. President George W. Bush leads Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden (C) and National Intelligence Director John Negropont from the Oval Office after Bush named Hayden to be the next CIA Director on May 8, 2006. Hayden will replace Porter Goss of confirmed. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg).

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