| Awards/Achievements | - Donovan Award
- Intelligence Medal of Merit, a Presidential Rank Award
- George H.W. Bush Award
- Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal (2021)
- Distinguished Intelligence Medal (2021)
- Legion of Honor (France, 2020)
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| Controversies | In 2005, her name was surfaced in the destruction of videos regarding the waterboarding torture and other severe interrogative techniques under a secret operation called 'Cat's eye' in Thailand. In 2011, a declassified disciplinary review cleared her, stating she acted on orders from her boss. |
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| Some Lesser Known Facts | - Raised in a disciplined environment on military bases worldwide due to her father's Air Force career.
- Started CIA career in 1985 as a 'reports officer' specializing in Russia.
- Fluent in Russian.
- Detained men linked to the 1998 US Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
- Led CIA base in Thailand where 'enhanced interrogation techniques' were used.
- Became the director of the National Clandestine Service in 2013.
- Became the first female CIA director in 2018.
- Spent most of her CIA career as an undercover officer.
- Served as Deputy Director of the CIA from 2017 to 2018.
- Confirmed as CIA Director by the Senate on 21/05/2018.
- Served as CIA Director from 21/05/2018 to 20/01/2021.
- Joined the CIA in January 1985.
- First field assignment from 1987 to 1989 in Ethiopia.
- Served as station chief in Baku, Azerbaijan from 1996 to 1998.
- Oldest of five children.
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