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Tenet Resigns as CIA Director

NPR | By Mary Louise Kelly,
Steve Inskeep
Published June 3, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

President Bush says George Tenet has resigned as CIA director for "personal reasons" and will leave the spy agency next month. Tenet has been under intense fire for intelligence failures in Iraq. His deputy will lead the agency temporarily until a successor is found. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

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