General Michael V. Hayden, nominated to

Washington, UNITED STATES: General Michael V. Hayden, nominated to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), listens to questions from the press following a private meeting with US Senator John Warner, R-VA, on Capitol Hill 08 May 2006 in Washington, DC. Concerns expressed by top Republican and Democratic lawmakers about Hayden's independence from the White House and about whether a military officer, who now answers to the powerful Defense Department, should take over the civilian agency, have laid the groundwork for what could be a new battle for the administration with Congress over the nomination. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)