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Can you just talk about the practical impact on our intelligence professionals? >> yeah, the intelligence mission in afghanistan, as i referenced, has been going on since the very hours after the 9/11 attacks. cia teams were the first into afghanistan after 9/11, even before u.s. special operations forces went into afghanistan and began the early link-ups with afghan elements that would ultimately overthrow the taliban government in september and october of 2001. ever since that time the intelligence community has maintained a very large, robust presence in that country, and they've been runni...

May 1st, 2011. that mission has not waned. in fact, in the final weeks just as so much attention has been paid to the u.s. military and the civilian retrograde of forces out of the country, obviously our intelligence professionals have been extraordinarily busy protecting their men and women in harm's way, protecting those who served alongside them over the last 20 years. now they have to do it in some respects, nicolle, as you referenced, in a much more difficult terrain, much more difficult situation. we won't have official diplomatic or military posts to operate from. we will have to do thi...