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CIA officer reflects on long career in new memoir

Season 2023 Episode 173 | 8m 31s

The CIA and the Defense Department are two of the U.S. government's largest agencies that carry out secret paramilitary and military operations around the world. Michael Vickers had a key role in both and stepped out of the shadows to share his story in "By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations and Strategy." He discussed the book with Amna Nawaz.

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