will meet with agents at cia headquarters. it's just his third visit to the agency since entering are the oval office. let's bring in chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. this has been in the works since we heard the news of bin laden's death. so what does the president want to convey. again, we're saying this is a quick trip, but his third, but how important is it now? >> reporter: well, thomas, in the past, presidents have paid personal visits to the cia at times when they were commemorating the deaths of cia operatives or in an effort to provide moral support to the cia in the many times that they've gotten themselves in trouble, particularly with congress. but this is clearly an atta boy, atta girl, pat on the back from the president to congratulate them on a job extremely well done, and in their excruciatingly detailed and persistent efforts to track down osama bin laden and take him out. so essentially this is what this visit is all about. >> on a more serious note, we
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