US President Donald Trump praised Gina Haspel(61),who has taken over as
the first-ever woman director at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Gina Haspel’s swearing-in comes four days after the Senate approved her nomination in a 54-45 vote, thus bringing to a close a weeks-long confirmation battle.
In her acceptance remarks, Gina Haspel said that the challenge before us is to always be better and not to rest on our laurels, to learn from the past but not to live in the past.
“I want each of you to know that I took on the position of director because I want to represent you, as well as lead you,” she told CIA employees at the ceremony. “I want the current CIA leadership team to be role models and mentors for our next generation of officers.”
At the swearing-in ceremony on Monday May 21,2018 at CIA headquarters in Langley,
in the state of Virginia, Trump said Haspel is “someone who has served
this agency with extraordinary skill and devotion,” adding that “Our
enemies will take note, Efe news reported. “Gina is tough, she is
strong, and when it comes to defending America, Gina will never ever
back down,” he said.
Trump said Gina, after 33 years with the agency, “breathes” the values of an institution that had never been led by a woman.
Gina Haspel’s swearing-in comes four days after the Senate approved her nomination in a 54-45 vote, thus bringing to a close a weeks-long confirmation battle.
In her acceptance remarks, Gina Haspel said that the challenge before us is to always be better and not to rest on our laurels, to learn from the past but not to live in the past.
“I want each of you to know that I took on the position of director because I want to represent you, as well as lead you,” she told CIA employees at the ceremony. “I want the current CIA leadership team to be role models and mentors for our next generation of officers.”
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