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into directorates and key offices, responsible for securing our nation.</p></div><div class="visualClear"></div></div></li> <li class=""><a class="hasChildrens" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information" title="News & Information Description"> <span>News & Information</span> </a><div class="drop"><ul class="globalSectionsLevel1 show-static"> <li class="plain "> <a class="" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog" title=""> <span>Blog</span> </a> </li> <li class="plain "> <a class="" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements" title=""> <span>Press Releases & Statements</span> </a> </li> <li class="plain "> <a class="" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony" title=""> <span>Speeches & Testimony</span> </a> </li> <li class="plain "> <a class="" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/cia-the-war-on-terrorism" title=""> <span>CIA & the War on Terrorism</span> </a> </li> <li class="plain "> <a class="" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive" title="index for featured story"> <span>Featured Story Archive</span> </a> </li> <li class="plain "> <a class="" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/your-news" title=""> <span>Your News</span> </a> </li> </ul><div class="static"><img class="image-inline" src="/web/20181224033917im_/https://www.cia.gov/images/section-banners/news-menu/image.jpg" title="News Menu" alt="News Menu"> <h4><a href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/">News & Information</a></h4> <p>The most up-to-date CIA <a href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/">news, press releases, information and more</a>.</p></div><div class="visualClear"></div></div></li> <li class=""><a class="hasChildrens" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/library" title=""> <span>Library</span> </a><div 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href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/kids-page" title="Kids' Page Description"> <span>Kids' Zone</span> </a><div class="drop right"><ul class="globalSectionsLevel1 show-static"> <li class="plain "> <a class="" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/k-5th-grade" title="K-5th Grade"> <span>K-5th Grade</span> </a> </li> <li class="plain "> <a class="" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/6-12th-grade" title=""> <span>6-12th Grade</span> </a> </li> <li class="plain "> <a class="" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/parents-teachers" title=""> <span>Parents & Teachers</span> </a> </li> <li class="plain "> <a class="" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/games" title=""> <span>Games</span> </a> </li> <li class="plain "> <a class="" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/related-links" title=""> <span>Related Links</span> </a> </li> <li class="plain "> <a class="" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/privacy-statement" title=""> <span>Privacy Statement</span> </a> </li> </ul><div class="static"><p><img class="image-inline" src="/web/20181224033917im_/https://www.cia.gov/images/section-banners/kids-menu/image.jpg" title="Kids Menu" alt="Kids Menu"></p> <h4><a href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/">Kids' Zone</a></h4> <p><a href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/">Learn more about the Agency</a> and find some top secret things you won't see anywhere else.</p></div><div class="visualClear"></div></div></li></ul> </nav> </div> </header> <div class="main-block">  <section id="main"> <a id="main-content" tabindex="-1"></a> <div class="gallery-panel">  <ul class="slider-list slides"> <li class="slide"><p><a class="internal-link" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2018/sending-holiday-wishes-near-and-far.html"><span class="internal-link"><img class="image-inline" src="/web/20181224033917im_/https://www.cia.gov/portlet_content/home-slider-images/holiday_letters_kid_slider.jpg/image.jpg" title="" alt="Sending Holiday Wishes Near and Far"></span></a></p> <div> <h2>Sending Holiday Wishes Near and Far</h2> <div class="desc-container"><a class="rss internal-link" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2018/index">Blog Post</a> <a class="btn3 internal-link" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2018/sending-holiday-wishes-near-and-far.html">Read More</a> <p>The holidays are upon us, and this time of year we reflect upon the sacrifices of Agency officers past and present, those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, and those who are serving in some of the most dangerous and inhospitable parts of the world away from loved ones.</p> </div> </div></li> <li class="slide"><p><a class="internal-link" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2018-featured-story-archive/cia-spider-man.html"><span class="internal-link"><img class="image-inline" src="/web/20181224033917im_/https://www.cia.gov/portlet_content/home-slider-images/cia_spider_man_fire_rescue_banner.jpg/image.jpg" title="" alt="CIA Spider-Man"></span></a></p> <div> <h2>CIA “Spider-Man”</h2> <div class="desc-container"><a class="rss internal-link" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/index">Featured Stories</a><a class="internal-link btn3" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2018-featured-story-archive/cia-spider-man.html">Read More</a> <p>CIA officers often find themselves in situations which are not exactly part of their job description, but they rise to the occasion and, sometimes, they even save a life. Such was the case for one of our technicians, who must remain nameless, that worked for the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) in the 1980s.</p> </div> </div></li> <li class="slide"><p><a class="internal-link" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/2018-press-releases-statements/fifth-installment-available-of-the-daily-summary-informing-president-truman.html"><span class="internal-link"><span class="internal-link"><img class="image-inline" src="/web/20181224033917im_/https://www.cia.gov/portlet_content/home-slider-images/Daily_Summaries_Slider.jpg/image.jpg" title="" alt="Daily Summaries"></span></span></a></p> <div> <h2>Fifth Release of Presidential Daily Summaries</h2> <div class="desc-container"><a class="rss internal-link" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/index">Press Release</a> <a class="internal-link btn3" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/2018-press-releases-statements/fifth-installment-available-of-the-daily-summary-informing-president-truman.html">Read More</a> <p>The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) today released the fifth of six sets of declassified daily intelligence reports President Harry Truman received from CIA and its predecessor organization, the Central Intelligence Group. Known then as the Daily Summary, the product continues now as the President’s Daily Brief.</p> </div> </div></li> <li class="slide"><p><a class="internal-link" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2018/honoring-the-legacy-of-george-h-w-bush2014the-11th-director-of-central-intelligence.html"><span class="internal-link"><img class="image-inline" src="/web/20181224033917im_/https://www.cia.gov/portlet_content/home-slider-images/george-hw-bush-slider/image.jpg" title="George HW Bush Slider" alt="GHWB"></span></a></p> <div> <h2>Honoring the Legacy of George H.W. 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Bush served as the 11th Director of Central Intelligence (DCI).</p> </div> </div></li> <li class="slide"><p><a class="internal-link" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/index.html"><img class="image-inline" src="/web/20181224033917im_/https://www.cia.gov/portlet_content/home-slider-images/WFBslider2016.jpg/image.jpg" title="" alt=""></a></p> <div> <h2>The World Factbook Update for December 13, 2018</h2> <div class="desc-container"><a class=" btn3 internal-link" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/index.html">Read More</a> <p>There are 11 countries whose names begin with an 'A'; all but two of them also end with an 'A'. Can you name the two 'A' countries that don't end with an 'A'?</p> </div> </div></li> <li class="slide"><p><a class="internal-link" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/experience-the-collection/index.html#!/artifact/120"><img class="image-inline" src="/web/20181224033917im_/https://www.cia.gov/portlet_content/home-slider-images/AotW_pan_am_lapel_pin_slider.jpg/image.jpg" title="" alt="Pan Am 103 Lapel Pin"></a></p> <div> <h2>Artifact of the Week: Pan Am 103 Lapel Pin</h2> <div class="desc-container"><a class="rss internal-link" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/experience-the-collection/index.html#!/collection">CIA Museum Collection</a> <a class="btn3 internal-link" href="/web/20181224033917/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/experience-the-collection/index.html#!/artifact/120">Read More</a> <p>This pin was designed by the widow of one of the victims of Pan Am 103. It is given to the victim’s family members and supporters by Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. 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