New CIA Chief Replaces Agency’s No. 3 Official
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From Times Wire Reports
New CIA Director Porter J. Goss has replaced the agency’s No. 3 official and made several other changes as he closes his first week on the job.
Goss announced that Michael Kostiw will replace A.B. “Buzzy” Krongard as the agency’s executive director.
Kostiw, a former vice president at ChevronTexaco, had worked in the CIA for roughly a decade and run unsuccessfully for Congress in 1986.
Krongard, a wealthy martial arts expert, took the job after a successful career in investment banking.
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