WASHINGTON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- WASHINGTON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush will name the controversial Air Force General Michael Hayden as the next director of the CIA, Bush's national security adviser said on Monday.

    "Mike Hayden is the president's nominee to be the director of the CIA," the national security adviser Stephen Hadley told the NBC television's "Today" show program.

    "The president believes he is the right person at the right time in the right job," Hadley said.

    If confirmed by the Senate, Hayden will replace Porter Goss whoresigned abruptly on Friday after less than two years on the job.

    U.S. lawmakers, some from Bush's Republican party, have voiced their concern about the choice of Hayden over his ties to an eavesdropping program.

    Some Senators have said they would use Hayden's Senate confirmation hearings to learn more about the program of eavesdropping on United State's international phone calls and e-mail in pursuit of terrorism suspects.

    Some Congress members said that having a general in charge of the CIA would give the Pentagon too much sway over U.S. intelligence gathering, while others believed he was too close to the White House and lacks experience building an intelligence service.

    Bush has said Hayden was the one who initiated the domestic eavesdropping program after the September 11 attacks, which Bush saw as essential to fighting terrorism. Enditem