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Why, in their own words, CIA professionals love Gina Haspel

By Tom Rogan

Published March 29, 2018 8:30am ET

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Why, in their own words, CIA professionals love Gina Haspel — CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel, who joined the CIA in 1985, has been chief of station at CIA outposts abroad. President Trump tweeted March 13 that he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be the new secretary of state and that he would nominate Haspel to replace him. (CIA via AP) | (CIA via AP)

Speaking to the Washington Examiner, three former career CIA professionals explained why they energetically endorse President Trump’s pick to become the next director of the CIA, Gina Haspel.

First up is Mark Kelton, a career CIA operations officer who retired from the agency in 2015. Kelton says he first met Haspel while working on Russia. She came across as a “tremendous professional,” Kelton says, “very, very capable and of the highest integrity.”

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