Leon Panetta, New CIA Director
Paul Bedard of U.S. News & World Reports writes:
Leon Panetta today became the 19th director of the
CIA. During a swearing in ceremony for the oldest-ever director, he
noted that it's been a good week for the elderly. To a small group of
CIA biggies in his seventh-floor office, the 70-year-old Panetta got a
load of laughs when he said: "I noticed in the press that they said I'm
the oldest director to take charge of the CIA. But I would remind you
that the 'Best Dog in Show' this year at the annual Westminster Kennel Club show was a dog that was 10 years old. So, I come here as the best dog in show."
The dog reference coming from the new CIA Director compelled The Mouth of the Potomac to quote Shakespeare:
“And Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge,
“With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
“Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice
“Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war;
“That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
“With carrion men, groaning for burial.”
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