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Anti-war protesters yell and hold signs as John O. Brennan arrives to testify in front of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence at a hearing on his nomination to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Thursday, February 7, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Senate intelligence hearing on Brennan’s CIA nomination halted by protesters

By Shaun Waterman and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

John O. Brennan answers questions from senators Thursday about drones, media leaks and other matters during his confirmation hearing to be CIA director. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Defiant John Brennan: ‘No recourse except’ drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan on a moonlit night in January 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Newspapers defend sitting on, publishing U.S. drone stories

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

John Brennan (Associated Press)

At CIA confirmation hearing, Brennan facing tough questions on leaks

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

President Obama pauses while speaking in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 5, 2013. The president will ask Congress to come up with tens of billions of dollars in short-term spending cuts and tax revenue to put off the automatic across the board cuts that are scheduled to kick in March 1. (Associated Press)

Obama slow in restocking Cabinet for 2nd term

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

DHS and its Customs and Border Protection agency have deployed drones to assist local law enforcement and other federal agencies on several occasions.

Congress gets Obama data on use of drones

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

John Brennan (Associated Press)

GAFFNEY: A see-no-jihadist for the CIA

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Dianne Feinstein (right), California Democrat and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, meets with CIA Director-nominee John Brennan (left), currently assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senators to target Brennan on drone use at CIA confirmation hearing

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

GAFFNEY: A world without America

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** John Brennan, deputy national security adviser for homeland security and counterterrorism, briefs reporters at the White House in Washington on Oct. 29, 2010. (Associated Press)

Embassy Row: ‘We love the big lug’

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Solis stepping down as secretary of labor

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican (The Washington Times)

Graham:  No answers  on Benghazi,  no Brennan

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

President Obama at the White House on Monday formally announced he is nominating John O. Brennan (right) to be director of the CIA and Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense. Mr. Brennan has served as Mr. Obama’s chief counterterrorism adviser, while Mr. Hagel is a former U.S. senator from Nebraska. (Associated Press)

Bipartisan blows stand  between Brennan and  post at helm of CIA

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: Obama’s private war

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Package bombers not ‘quite there yet’

By Eli Lake and Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Obama at odds with Petraeus doctrine on ‘Islam’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John O. Brennan says of U.S.-born recruits to terrorist groups: "There are, in my mind, dozens of U.S. persons who are in different parts of the world, and they are very concerning to us." J.M. EDDINS JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Dozens of Americans believed to have joined terrorists

By Eli Lake - The Washington Times