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Negroponte Praises Intelligence Advances

NPR | By Mary Louise Kelly
Published April 20, 2006 at 4:00 PM EDT

One year after becoming the nation's first director of national intelligence, John Negroponte makes a rare public appearance, to "review major accomplishments within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and outline future challenges and opportunities facing the intelligence community."

Negroponte discussed the Office of the Director of National Intelligence at a National Press Club luncheon. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

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