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| New US intelligence chief named |
| US President George W Bush has named retired Navy Vice Admiral Mike McConnell as the new US National Intelligence Director.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 5-January-2007
10:29:33 AM |
| Vice Adm McConnell will take over the leadership of the US's 16 intelligence agencies from John Negroponte.
Mr Negroponte is to become the deputy to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The changes come just days before Mr Bush is expected to announce a change in military strategy in Iraq in order to tackle the continuing violence.
The expected policy shift follows a recent report from the Iraq Study Group, which said that US policy in Iraq was not working, and a Republican bruising in mid-term elections in November, blamed partly on the White House's handling of the conflict.
BBC world affairs correspondent Nick Childs says the reshuffle puts fresh faces into key positions, perhaps helping to mask the fact that the actual policy changes Mr Bush is expected to unveil may not be as radical as many would like.
Congress approval
In making the announcement Mr Bush said "each of them will do good work in their new positions and it is vital that they take up their new responsibilities promptly".
The nominations must first be approved by the Congress, which opened a new session on Thursday with the Democrats in control of both chambers for the first time in 12 years.
"I would hope that they would be confirmed as quickly as possible," Mr Bush said.
Speaking of his nomination, Mr McConnell said: "I plan to continue the strong emphasis on integration of the community to better serve all of our customers."
"That will mean better sharing of information, increased focus on customer needs and service, improved security processes and deeper penetration of our targets to provide the needed information for tactical, operational and strategic decision making."
The changes are part of a White House re-shuffle which began with Donald Rumsfeld quitting as secretary of defence after the mid-term elections.
The post that Mr Negroponte will fill at the state department has been vacant since July 2006.
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