SIMI VALLEY, Calif., March 2 -- In a rare public appearance Wednesday, CIA Director Porter J. Goss said he is overwhelmed by the many duties of his job, including devoting five hours a day to preparing for and delivering intelligence briefings to President Bush.
"The jobs I'm being asked to do, the five hats that I wear, are too much for this mortal," Goss said. "I'm a little amazed at the workload."
 
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Goss praised Bush's choice for the new job of national intelligence director, John D. Negroponte. The career diplomat, who is expected to be confirmed by the Senate, will take over several of the duties assigned to Goss, including the presidential briefing.
Goss, who has made few public comments beyond congressional testimony, also said the legislation creating the position of director of national intelligence left him unclear on his future role.
"It's got a huge amount of ambiguity in it. I don't know by law what my direct relationship is with John Negroponte," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld or other top officials involved with intelligence, he said.
"I hold him in the very highest regard," Goss said of Negroponte, noting that the two attended Yale University at the same time. "The intelligence community is going to be strengthened and unified and more effective than it has ever been."
Goss's remarks came during an hour-long address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, before an audience of more than 200 that included former first lady Nancy Reagan.
