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Serve your country & make a difference! 2016 student PAID #internships deadline is next week: Oct 15th http://t.co/gcLmiQziQF — PolitiTweet.org

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President thought E Street address was well known as #CIAHQ & lack of a sign fooled no one, thus sign was immediately put up at entrance. — PolitiTweet.org

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@WhiteHouse driver had difficulty finding #CIAHQ entrance. Next day, the President called Dulles & ordered a sign be added at the entrance. — PolitiTweet.org

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For years, the entrance of the original #CIAHQ had no sign, then one day Eisenhower tried to drop his brother off to meet w DCI Dulles. — PolitiTweet.org

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“2430 E St. NW” was the address of #OSS HQ & then our original #CIAHQ. The E Street Complex is across from @StateDept HQ in DC. — PolitiTweet.org

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CIA #Museum Artifact of the Week: E Street Complex Sign with CIA Seal http://t.co/EiGBjSJlPX http://t.co/40deizKzvZ — PolitiTweet.org

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#ICYMI In honor of the #UNGA & 70th anniversary of the dissolution of #OSS, the story of the @UN logo & OSS: http://t.co/3gMOg9WOxI — PolitiTweet.org

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#ICYMI: CIA Achieves Key Milestone in Agency-Wide #Modernization Initiative http://t.co/IlbufnL3Vn http://t.co/Nwspv01dsI — PolitiTweet.org

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#ICYMI: Latest issue of #Studies is out! Extracts from Studies in Intelligence Vol 59, No3 http://t.co/SkqwTKWHpc http://t.co/mIeoCiqPbk — PolitiTweet.org

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CIA #Scholarships: Up to $18K Tuition support + salary & benefits! Apply by Oct 15th for summer 2016. http://t.co/gcLmiQhHs5 — PolitiTweet.org

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#ICYMI: CIA #Museum Artifact of the Week: Office of Strategic Services Pin #OSS http://t.co/SyMQ2W1Lub http://t.co/MkgBuPY7Gh — PolitiTweet.org

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#ICYMI: 70 years ago this week #OSS was dissolved. Office of Strategic Services — America’s First Intel Agency http://t.co/EJC95vTcIa — PolitiTweet.org

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Lundquist also created one of the most recognizable product packages found on store shelves: the blue-and-white @Qtips box. #UNGA — PolitiTweet.org

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After #WWII, Lundquist joined a private practice as an architect, working on hospitals, schools, & former Manhattan @Kodak Building. #UNGA — PolitiTweet.org

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McLaughlin also wrote a fascinating history of the logo, graciously shared with us by the @UN: http://t.co/ZXEzzqRX2m (PDF 5.19 MB) #UNGA — PolitiTweet.org

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After #WWII, McLaughlin owned & operated an exhibit design & graphic company & taught architecture classes at @HowardU. #UNGA — PolitiTweet.org

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The final emblem chosen by the @UN was a slightly modified version of McLaughlin’s 1945 design. #UNGA http://t.co/UZxYx1NtdS — PolitiTweet.org

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1945 design: top-down view of globe showing all continents except Antarctica & olive branch symbolizing peace #UNGA http://t.co/KVciG2sa4f — PolitiTweet.org

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#OSS officer & conference graphics director Donal McLaughlin created final pin design. It became prototype for today’s @UN logo. #UNGA — PolitiTweet.org

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Lundquist’s #OSS team set out to create a lapel pin for delegates to serve as official form of identification. #UNGA http://t.co/sxheJq3EVq — PolitiTweet.org

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Oliver Lundquist, architect & industrial designer, worked for #OSS during #WWII & led the team that designed the official @UN emblem. #UNGA — PolitiTweet.org

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1945: @StateDept asked #OSS to help create graphics for the Conference on International Organization, where @UN Charter was drafted. #UNGA — PolitiTweet.org

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In honor of the #UNGA & 70th anniversary of the dissolution of #OSS, we're telling the story of the @UN logo & OSS. http://t.co/52VYbPyMS5 — PolitiTweet.org

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National Security Act of 1947 established 1st US permanent peacetime intel agency, CIA, taking up #OSS & #CIG roles. https://t.co/EJC95vBBQC — PolitiTweet.org

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Functions of #OSS were split between @StateDept & Department of War, until Jan 1946 when Truman created the Central Intelligence Group. #CIG — PolitiTweet.org

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A month after Japan surrendered, President Truman signed an Executive Order terminating the #OSS. Order became effective October 1, 1945. — PolitiTweet.org

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#OSS helped shorten #WWII, save lives in Europe, N Africa & Asia, & left a legacy of daring & innovation that influenced US military & intel — PolitiTweet.org

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#OSS employed nearly 13,000 men & women at its peak & operated for a little more than 3 years, from 1942 to 1945. — PolitiTweet.org

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Donovan’s #OSS combined research & analysis, covert ops, counterintel, espionage, & technical development—core missions of today’s CIA. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Roosevelt appointed William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan, a highly decorated #WWI officer, as Director of the #OSS. cc @FDRLibrary — PolitiTweet.org