"As if he needed me to say "Slam Dunk" to go to war with Iraq."
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Educators from the United StatesPresidential Medal of Freedom recipientsPeople from New York CityBureaucratsDirectors of Central Intelligence
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on 60 Minutes, CBS (April 29, 2007)
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George Tenet
George John Tenet (born January 5, 1953) is Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University and was previously the Director of Central Intelligence for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Tenet held that position from July 1997 to July 2004, making him the second-longest serving director in the agency's history — behind Allen Dulles — as well as one of the few CIA directors to serve under two US presidents of opposing political parties.
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