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CBS News has confirmed that Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell is resigning his post today.

This was an expected move, reports CBS News producer Robert Hendin. McConnell will remain a member of the White House’s Intelligence Advisory Board.

President Obama's nominee to fill the post, Adm. Dennis Blair, had his Senate hearing last week, but his expected Senate confirmation has not yet taken place.

In the meantime, Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess, Jr. will temporarily serve as acting national intelligence director, reports the Associated Press. Burgess has been confirmed to become the next director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

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President-elect Obama will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderone on Monday, Maria Gavrilovic reports.

Though he has spoken frequently about the economy since winning the election and laid out his ambitious economic agenda in a speech today, Mr. Obama has had far less to say about foreign affairs, stressing that there is only one president at a time.

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A Democratic source has confirmed to CBS News that Obama's choice of Retired Adm. Dennis Blair to be Director of National Intelligence is a done deal.

CBS News' David Martin reported that Obama planned to tap Blair back in November. This news makes the choice official.

Blair was the commander of the U.S. Pacific Command during the Clinton administration and during the Sept. 11 attacks, and served in the Navy for 34 years.

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Reports CBS News' National Security Correspondent David Martin:

President-elect Barack Obama will meet with key members of his national security team and members of the current administration -- Defense secretary Robert M. Gates, Secretary Of State pick Hillary Rodham Clinton, national security adviser selection James Jones, Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Adm. Mike Mullen, and possibly the Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell – on Monday in Chicago. Among other things, they are expected to discuss who will fill the second tier of appointments in the national security agencies.

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Reports CBS News' National Security Correspondent David Martin:

President-elect Barack Obama will meet with key members of his national security team and members of the current administration on Monday in Chicago.

The meeting is expected to include Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Secretary Of State pick Hillary Rodham Clinton, national security adviser pick James Jones, Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Adm. Mike Mullen, and possibly the Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell.

Among other things, they are expected to discuss who will fill the second tier of appointments in the national security agencies.

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