    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 39 (Monday, September 27, 2004)]
    [Page 2104]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement on Senate Confirmation of Porter J. Goss as Director of
    Central Intelligence

    September 22, 2004

        I am very pleased that a strong bipartisan majority in the U.S.
    Senate today voted to confirm Porter Goss as the next Director of
    Central Intelligence. Porter Goss is a leader with strong experience in
    intelligence and in the fight against terrorism. He is the right man to
    take on the essential mission of leading the CIA at this critical moment
    in our Nation's history as we face the challenges and the dangerous
    threats of this century. I look forward to his counsel as we implement
    intelligence reform, including the recommendations of the 9/11
    Commission.