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As our ever faithful readers know, every so often we like to do a news round up post on Wednesdays — especially when there is plenty ‘o news happening. For this Wednesday, we have pulled together stories regarding General Clapper and the re-organization of the ODNI, GeoEye moving its HQ, as well as news of the first official Tweet Up at GEOINT 2010. As we always say on Monday (but works well for today too), fire up that second cup of coffee and read on!

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Yesterday afternoon, Senator John McCain lifted his hold on the confirmation of General James R. Clapper,
President Barack Obama’s nominee to be intelligence chief, and the “father” of GEOINT. After a bit of political strong-arming, the Obama administration sent the classified intelligence report that McCain had been requesting (to no avail) for a while now. So, the good news is that McCain is now allowing the Senate to vote on the Clapper nomination. The bad news is that Senator Tom Coburn suggested he would consider holding up his nomination if necessary to get a separate intelligence assessment on the threat posed by releasing Guantanamo detainees. The bottmline is that if he is not confirmed this week, he will have to wait until mid-September after the congressional recess. By the way, we would like to remind our readers to check out our exclusive Q&A with General Clapper from 2008 when we launched the got geoint? blog.

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A government official tells ABC News that Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper (ret) is a leading candidate to replace ousted Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair. Clapper is currently Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, serving in that role since 2007. He has also served as Blair’s principal advisor on defense intelligence matters. He formerly headed the Defense Intelligence Agency. Others who have been considered for the job include former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., and deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, source tell ABC News. Many consider General Clapper to the “father” of GEOINT. Be sure to check out our Q&A with General Clapper from GEOINT 2008. More news to come on this!

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