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BUSH ASKS WEBSTER TO SAY 1 MONTH MORE DUE TO DELAY ON PICK

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP99-01448R000401660023-7
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
K
Document Page Count: 
1
Document Creation Date: 
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date: 
May 22, 2012
Sequence Number: 
23
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
July 24, 1991
Content Type: 
OPEN SOURCE
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/05/23: CIA-RDP99-01448R000401660023-7 STAT The Waehinpton Post The New York Times The Washington Times The Wall Street Journal The Christian Science Monitor New York Deny News USA Today The Chkapo Tribune Date BUSH ASKS WEBSTER TO STAY 1 MONTH MORE DUE TO DELAY ON PICK WASHINGTON -(W)-- PRESIDENT BUSH ASKED RETIRING CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM WEBSTER TO STAY ON THE JOB ANOTHER MM AND EXPRESSED "HIS PERSONAL OUTRAGE" AT SC ME OPPONENTS OF ROBERT M. GATES, HIS CHOICE TO SUOCEE D WEBSTER. WEBSTER HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO STEP DOWN JULY 31, THE WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. BUT ACTION ON GATES NCMINATICN HAS BEEN DELAYED ON CAPITOL HILL BECAUSE OF NEWLY RAISED QUESTIONS CONCERNING CIA INVOLVRAENT IN THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR. WEBSTER " ACICXJSLY CONSENTED" TO STAY THROUGH AUQJST, PRESS SECRETARY MARLIN FITZWATER SAID. WEBSTER ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT PLANS ON MAY 8 AND BUSH NCMINATED GATES A FEW DAYS LATER. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/05/23: CIA-RDP99-01448R000401660023-7
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