Gina Cheri Haspel (born October 1, 1956) is an American intelligence officer. Haspel was the 7th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from April 26, 2018 to January 20, 2021. She was appointed by President Donald Trump. Before, she was the 6th Deputy Director of the CIA, appointed by Trump in February 2017.
On March 13, 2018, Haspel was nominated by President Trump to become the CIA Director, replacing Mike Pompeo. She is the first woman to hold the position. She was approved for confirmation by the Senate Intelligence Committee on May 16 by a 10-5 vote, with two Democrats voting in favor. She was sworn-in on May 21.
Haspel was born Gina Cheri Walker on October 1, 1956 in Ashland, Kentucky.
Haspel was a student at the University of Kentucky for three years and transferred for her senior year to the University of Louisville, where she graduated in May 1978.
Haspel joined the CIA in January 1985 as a reports officer. She held many undercover overseas positions, for many of which she was station chief. Her first field assignment was from 1987–1989 in Ethiopia, Central Eurasia, Turkey, followed by several assignments in Europe and Central Eurasia from 1990 to 2001. From 1996 to 1998, Haspel was station chief in Baku, Azerbaijan.
On February 2, 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Haspel Deputy Director of the CIA. On February 8, 2017, many members of the Senate intelligence committee asked Trump to change his appointment of Haspel as Deputy Director.
On March 13, 2018, President Donald Trump announced he would nominate Haspel to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, replacing Mike Pompeo who was set to become the new United States Secretary of State. Haspel became the first woman to become permanent Director of the CIA.
Many people were against her nomination because of her support of torture and water boarding.
Haspel was approved for confirmation by the Senate Intelligence Committee on May 16 by a 10–5 vote, with two Democrats voting in favor. The next day, Haspel was confirmed by the full Senate, on a mostly party-line, 54–45 vote.
Haspel married Jeff Haspel in 1976. They were divorced by 1985. Haspel lives in Ashburn, Virginia.
John Draper
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Dakota Johnson
Dakota Johnson (born October 4, 1989 in Austin, Texas) is an American Actress and Model. She is the daughter of the actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. Her maternal grandmother is actress Tippi Hedren.
Johnson first appeared onscreen with her mother in the comedy-drama movie "Crazy in Alabama" in 1999.
She was named Miss Golden Globe in 2006.
After high school, Johnson went back to acting. She had roles in movies, including "21 Jump Street", "The Social Network" and "Need for Speed".
Johnson played Anastasia "Ana" Steele in "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades Darker" and "Fifty Shades Freed". For "Fifty Shades of Grey", she got a People's Choice Award for Favorite Drama Movie Actress. She was also nominated for a BAFTA Rising Star Award.
Amazon Alexa
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Bebeto de Freitas
Paulo Roberto de Freitas, best known as Bebeto (January 15, 1950 – March 13, 2018) was a Brazilian volleyball coach and football manager. He was the President of Botafogo FR football club.
Bebeto was born in Rio de Janeiro. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics. He won the 1998 World Championships with Italy men's national team. He also competed in the volleyball tournaments at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.
The following year he began his career as football manager for Clube Atlético Mineiro, moving to Botafogo in 2002, bringing the team back to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2003.
De Freitas died on March 13, 2018 of a heart attack in Belo Horizonte, Brazil at the age of 68.
Jens Nilsson
Jens Bertil Georg Nilsson (25 September 1948 – 13 March 2018) was a Swedish politician. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Sweden from 2009 to 2018. He was a member of the Social Democrats, part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
Nilsson died on 13 March 2018 in Brussels, Belgium at the age of 69.
Conor Lamb
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Lamb was the Democratic candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district for 2018 special election. He ran against Republican Trump-backed State representative Rick Saccone. Lamb won with a narrow lead of 627 votes.
Lamb was a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's office in Pittsburgh, where he worked to fight the opioid epidemic by leading prosecutions of cases involving opioid-related deaths, violent crimes, and gun trafficking.
Rick Saccone
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Saccone was his party's nominee for the 18th congressional district special election, which was held on March 13, 2018 running against Democrat Conor Lamb. He narrowly lost the election to Lamb by 600 votes.
Kyrsten Sinema
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Sinema is a member of the Democratic Party. She served in both chambers of the State Legislature, being elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2004 and the Arizona Senate in 2010.
Sinema has worked for the adoption of the DREAM Act, pro-immigration reforms and supports same-sex marriage. She was the first openly bisexual person elected to the U.S. Congress.
Sinema ran in the United States Senate election in Arizona in 2018 to replace Senator Jeff Flake, who retired from the seat. She won the Democratic nomination in August 2018 and defeated Republican Martha McSally.
Sinema is the first female senator elected in Arizona and the second openly LGBT person ever to serve in the Senate, after Tammy Baldwin.
Scream (1996 movie)
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It was the first movie of the "Scream" franchise.
High school student Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore) receives a flirtatious phone call from an unknown person, asking her, "What's your favorite scary movie?" However, the caller turns sadistic and threatens her life. He reveals that her boyfriend Steve Orth (Kevin Patrick Walls) is being held hostage and demands she answer questions about horror films. After Casey gets one wrong, Steve is murdered. When Casey refuses to answer more questions, she is murdered by a masked killer. Her parents come home to find her corpse hanging from a tree.