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Those who fell yesterday were far from home and close to the enemy, doing the hard work that must be done to protect our country from terrorism
Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009

Open quoteThose who fell yesterday were far from home and close to the enemy, doing the hard work that must be done to protect our country from terrorism.Close quote

  • LEON PANETTA,
  • CIA director, in a message to his employees about the deaths of seven CIA agents killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan — the worst attack against US intelligence officials since 1983
Photo: Kevork Djansezian / Getty | Source: BBC