Coverage of the first day of Lake's confirmation hearing . The Senate continues to consider President Clinton's appointees to the cabinet . Former Senator William Cohen breezes through the confirmation process. The Senate holds hearings to confirm Madeleine Albright to be the next Secretary of State. We go first tonight to the CIA story, President Clinton s nomination of George Tenet to be director of Central Intelligence.
Tenet is the current deputy director.
His nomination follows the withdrawal yesterday of Anthony Lake. Tenet is 44 years old, a former congressional staffer who served as staff director of the Senate Intelligence Committee. He was the staff director of intelligence on the National Security Council at the beginning of the Clinton administration. He became deputy CIA director in July 1995. President Clinton made the Tenet announcement late this afternoon at the White House.