CSPAN3 American Artifacts June 15, 2014
Sculpture of the father of Central Intelligence. Donovan was tapped by president roosevelt in 1942 to head the office of Strategic Services. That organization had grown out of an earlier one hold the called the coordinator of information, our countrys first nondepartmental intelligence agency, established by president roosevelt to coordinate intelligence with the war growing overseas. The single star behind us commemorates the loss of 116 ossers who served during world war ii. The cia seal is a piece everyone sees as a first come into the lobby. Some people do not like to walk across it. Some ...