McCain places hold on Clapper nomination

[babylonsister]

Is there a bigger POS out there? Drooling for attention, no doubt.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/112139-mccain-places-hold-on-clapper-nomination

McCain places hold on Clapper nomination
By Jordan Fabian - 08/02/10 11:30 AM ET


Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has placed a hold on President Obama's nominee to serve as director of national intelligence (DNI), his spokeswoman said Monday.

Spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan confirmed a report that that the Arizona senator has requested a report from retired Gen. James Clapper, and said "until that report is provided Senator McCain will continue to hold his nomination."

The hold, a procedural tool individual senators can use to block nominations, could push Clapper's confirmation vote before the full Senate past the August recess, which begins this weekend.

In a unanimous vote last week, the Senate Intelligence Committee, of which McCain is a member, backed Clapper's nomination, leading observers to believe that he would be easily confirmed this week.

Obama chose Clapper in June to replace retired Adm. Dennis Blair, who stepped down from the post in May. Blair took flak for intelligence failures leading up to the 2009 Christmas Day airline bombing attempt.

If confirmed, Clapper would become the fourth DNI since the position was created in 2005 to help reform the U.S. intelligence bureaucracy.

Clapper would also take office following the leak of 92,000 secret documents to the organization WikiLeaks. The papers detail Pakistani intelligence agents' efforts to work with Islamic extremists operating in Afghanistan while the country was receiving U.S. anti-terror aid, among other revelations about the conflict.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. McGramps? Putting partisan political bickering (and sour grapes) over national security?

He should be ashamed of himself (and in a just world with a REAL news media he WOULD)!
:eyes:

[Deep13]

2. Sn. McCain, Clapper has nothing to do...

...with the gadget that turns on and off the lights in your house.

[DCBob]

3. +1

lol!

[old guy]

4. Recess appointment if the Senate goes on holiday.

[MadMaddie]

5. This should be the ad against McCain

they are selfish bastards to stop these nominations.

[damntexdem]

6. August recess coming up = recess appointment.

Meanwhile, beat McCain over the head for his damage to "national security." ;-)

[tomm2thumbs]

7. 'ol man McCain thought he was canceling an order for the Clapper he made at QVC

he's been watchin' too much late night tv

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. hasn't McCain retired yet?

[Blue Owl]

9. Clap on Clap off

This from the man who brought you Joe the Plumber...

[CreekDog]

10. you'd think he'd not want his name so closely associated with "Clapper"

:eyes:

[tanyev]

11. Eh, just tell him it's Jake Tapper.

McCain misses him.