Another Glass Ceiling Broken In The U.S. Intelligence Community

Navy Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett, outgoing director, left, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, second from right, and James R. Clapper, Jr., the Director of National Intelligence, right, applaud during a ceremony to mark the changing of directors at the agency's new east campus in Springfield, Va., Aug. 9, 2010. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen

First Woman To Head US Intelligence Agency -- Ms. Magazine

Letitia Long will become Director of the National Geospatial Intellingence Agency (NGA) today, making her the first woman to head one of the government's 16 major intelligence agencies. The NGA works with satellite technologies to create three dimensional maps of every location on Earth. Their work serves to support the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community (IC).

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