Citing security, CIA calling back some employees

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA says it’s bringing back some employees amid the partial government shutdown out of concern for national security.

In a statement issued Tuesday, CIA Director John Brennan said those being recalled were necessary to the CIA’s core missions of foreign intelligence collection, analysis, covert action and counterintelligence.

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