Career Quote by Malcolm Nance

For years before my Navy enlistment, I had studied the Soviet Union and the KGB's history of political intrigue in preparation for a career…

— Malcolm Nance

I joined the CIA in 1985 as an operations officer in the Clandestine Service.

— Gina Haspel

I was very adept at acquiring languages.

— Anna Held

I was trained in Army Intelligence, but spent most of my army career in the infantry. But like many people of my generation, I…

— Nelson DeMille

I was an international studies major.

— Anna Chlumsky

I served as a Russian policy officer in the U.S. Navy and worked to implement our nuclear agreements with the Russian Federation.

— Mikie Sherrill

My family didn't have time for me, so I decided to join the Suvorov military academy, which is in St. Petersburg. I spent two…

— Roman Romanenko

I majored in political communications, so I intended to be a diplomat.

— Edgar Ramirez

I began college during the Iraq War and initially wanted to be a foreign correspondent.

— Kasie Hunt

I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and had worked with a contact with the Central Intelligence…

— George J. Mitchell

Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer.

— John O. Brennan

I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three…

— Elizabeth Edwards