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| Title | CIA Seeks More Multilingual Staff |
| Body | Here are two recent articles from the Washington Post about the CIA’s quest to become more multilingual: CIA Announces Push to Improve Agency's Language Proficiency By Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, May 30, 2009 Five years after it was faulted by the 9/11 Commission for inadequate language skills among its employees, the CIA yesterday launched an ambitious program to double the number of analysts proficient in languages deemed critical in the fight against America's enemies. Read the full article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/29/AR2009052903054.html?referrer=emailarticle --- CIA seeks to broaden foreign language skills By PAMELA HESS The Associated Press Friday, May 29, 2009; 4:48 PM WASHINGTON -- The CIA is undertaking a five-year plan to boost the agency's fluency in foreign languages, Director Leon Panetta said Friday. Less than a third of CIA analysts and overseas spies are proficient in a foreign language and Panetta said he aims to raise foreign language proficiency inside the CIA to at least half of all analysts and intelligence operatives within the next five years. Read the full article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/29/AR2009052902509.html?referrer=emailarticle |
| Source | Washington Post |
| Inputdate | 2009-06-07 11:24:49 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2009-06-07 11:24:49 |
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| Publishdate | 2009-06-08 00:00:00 |
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