Monday, May 21, 2018

President Trump Swears In Gina Haspel As The New C.I.A. Director



Washington Times: Trump to new CIA Director Gina Haspel: ‘Keep our nation safe and strong and proud and free’

President Trump presided over the swearing-in ceremony Monday for Gina Haspel, the first female director of the CIA, and called it a “proud milestone.”

“I know that you will thrive as the agency’s director and help keep our nation safe and strong and proud and free,” Mr. Trump said at the ceremony at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

Ms. Haspel, a CIA veteran who rose through the ranks to head the agency, overcame a contentious confirmation process in which she was pilloried for her involvement in enhanced interrogation or torture of terrorism suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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WNU Editor: He could not help himself .... CIA Director Gina Haspel sworn in as Trump blasts Obama's CIA director as a 'disgrace' (USA Today). And while the swearing in of Gina HAspel does break a certainglass ceiling at the CIA, I am disappointed (but not surprised) that she did not answer this question .... U.S.Senator Rand Paul Asks CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel If She Knows Of Any CIA Surveillance Of Trump (May 15, 2018).

More News On President Trump Swearing In Gina Haspel As The New C.I.A. Director

Trump Swears in Gina Haspel as C.I.A. Director, Praising the Agency as 'Most Elite' in the World -- The New York Times
First woman CIA director sworn in -- AFP
With a hug and kiss, Trump welcomes Gina Haspel as the first woman to run America's most elite spy agency -- Daily Mail
WATCH: Gina Haspel Sworn in as New CIA Head Amid Cricisim Over Torture Program -- Sputnik
‘She breathes the CIA’: Ignoring torture reputation, Trump swears in Haspel as 1st female spy chief -- RT

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