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HOMENEWSTHE DIA's 60TH ANNIVERSARY

# DIA ARTICLES

**The Beginnings of DIA:**The Birth of DIA in 1961 

**DIA in the 1970s:**Impacting National Security in the 1970s 

**DIA in the 1980s:**New Roles, Missions, and Home 

**IA in the 1980s:**The Agency Hits its Stride 

**DIA in the 1990s:**The Decade of Conventional and Contingency Support 

**DIA in the 1990s:**A Decade of Organizational Decline 

**DoDIIS Worldwide:**DIA Leaders Kick-off DoDIIS Worldwide Conference 

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