Negropontes job switch
The week's news at a glance.
Washington, D.C.
John Negroponte, the Bush administration’s top intelligence official, startled Washington last week by stepping down as director of national intelligence to become deputy to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. On paper, the move is a demotion, and it prompted speculation that the White House was dissatisfied with Negroponte’s management of the sprawling intelligence bureaucracy, which encompasses 16 separate agencies and 100,000 employees. At State, Negroponte, 67, will be responsible for the Iraq, China, and North Korea portfolios. President Bush nominated retired Admiral John McConnell to succeed Negroponte as intelligence director.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Continue reading for free
We hope you're enjoying The Week's refreshingly open-minded journalism.
Subscribed to The Week? Register your account with the same email as your subscription.
Sign up to our 10 Things You Need to Know Today newsletter
A free daily digest of the biggest news stories of the day - and the best features from our website
-
Today's political cartoons - December 3, 2023
Cartoons Sunday's cartoons - life expectancy goes up, Kissinger goes down, and more
By The Week US Published
-
10 things you need to know today: December 3, 2023
Daily Briefing Gaza residents flee as Israel continues bombardment, Trump tells supporters to 'guard the vote' in Democratic cities, and more
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
-
5 X-plosive cartoons about Elon Musk
Cartoons Artists take on his proposed clean-up of X, his views on advertisers, and more
By The Week US Published