Mr.Obama is calling on the Senate to quickly approve General Clapper's nomination.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

On Friday, Conservative MP Rob Wilson wrote to the director general calling for an independent public inquiry into the dropping of Newsnight's investigation into Savile.

BBC: Sir Jimmy Savile

Testifying to Congress in September 2007 alongside the then US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, the general warned Democrats calling for an early withdrawal date that such a move might have "devastating consequences".

BBC: Profile: David Petraeus

Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna is calling for federal food regulators to ban the beverages.

CNN: 'Blackout in a can' blamed for student party illnesses