(U) MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR: THE NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIA

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• Document Creation Date: January 30, 2024
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2023
• Case Number: F-2018-00585
• Publication Date: February 2, 2017

Message from the Director: The New Deputy Director of CIA
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(U) Message from the Director: The New
Deputy Director of CIA
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Colleagues:
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(S//NF) I am delighted to announce that President Trump has chosen Gina Haspel to be
the next Deputy Director of CIA. Gina is an exemplary intelligence officer and a devoted patriot who brings more than
thirty years of Agency experience to the job. She is also a proven leader with an uncanny ability to get things done and
to inspire those around her.
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(S//NF) Gina was the Deputy Director of the National Clandestine Service, as our
Directorate of Operations was known at the time. She has also been a Station Chief
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She has received
numerous medals and awards throughout her career, including the George H. W. Bush Award for Excellence in
Counterterrorism, the Donovan Award, the Intelligence Medal of Merit, and the Presidential Rank Award.
(U) Please join me in congratulating Gina and in wishing her well in her new post. We are fortunate that someone of her
intellect, skill, and experience will be our Deputy Director. I know she will do an outstanding job, and I look forward to
working with her closely in the years ahead.
Mike
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Message from the Director: The New Deputy Director of CIA
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