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By Sridhar Krishnaswami
WASHINGTON, NOV. 21. In an embarrassing blow to the U.S. President, George W Bush, Conservatives in the House of Representatives have derailed a legislation to overhaul the intelligence apparatus as suggested by the September 11 Commission. It was also a setback to the Republican Speaker, Dennis Hastert, who tried to muster support. Lawmakers are heading home without this crucial vote and this has prompted Democrats to assail the Speaker's decision of leaving open the possibility of the House being reconvened in the first week of December to get this business done. But the thinking is that the intelligence overhaul bill will have to wait for the 109th Congress next January. The White House is asking Congress to keep working on the legislation. The bill would have created a powerful national director of intelligence who would have control over the CIA and 15 other agencies.
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