John Brennan: ‘The CIA Cannot Do its Work Unless Its Workforce Is Diverse’

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BRENNAN: "The CIA cannot do its work unless its workforce is diverse. It has that diversity that is so important for the CIA to be able to operate worldwide, to be able to operate in Asia and Middle East and other places that have not just the linguistic and maybe ethnic sort of, you know, association with various parts of the world or countries, but also have a cultural familiarity with what it is that we’re doing overseas. So, when I was CIA director, I really emphasized the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion because, you know, it just makes good business sense. It makes good professional sense to have people who have all different backgrounds and experiences and looks and, you know, characteristics.”