Holder and Panetta are confronting difficult balancing acts. Holder inherited a dispirited department accused of carrying out the political wishes of the Bush White House, and he must show independence while continuing to work with the administration. For his part, Panetta, also new to his job, must carry out White House orders to make a clean break with some of the Bush administration's intelligence policies. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.