CIA/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP AS PEOPLE: “Gina Haspel was sworn in Monday [5-21-18] as the first female director of the Central Intelligence Agency and said she wanted to improve the agency’s foreign language proficiency and station more officers overseas. President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Ms. Haspel’s predecessor, attended the 30-minute ceremony at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. In remarks before her swearing in, Mr. Trump told attendees that Ms. Haspel, 61, now would lead an agency to which she had dedicated her life, a remark that was met with lengthy applause among employees in the audience who have welcomed the appointment of a CIA veteran as director. In her inaugural remarks as director, Ms. Haspel referred to her contentious confirmation process, noting that she was only the second career operations officer to become director in the agency’s 70-year history.”
-Nancy A. Youssef, “Gina Haspel Sworn in as CIA Director,” The Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2018 12:32 pm