Many years ago I was involved in a sensitive exfiltration operation at CIA, where our team rescued a source and his family from harm’s way. For operational reasons, the source traveled on his own along a separate route from his wife and children. The source had no problem with risky espionage missions but we had to rely on his wife to reassure and lead the children during a challenging one-way journey to the U.S.
The source’s wife and children, after all, had never been involved in clandestine operations.
I will never forget the family’s tearful reunion after they had all arrived safely in the U.S. And how the source and his family held one other tightly in a loving embrace.
That’s the power of everlasting motherly love.
And that’s what my sons and I will be thinking about this Mother’s Day as we remember our Kim and how she continues to inspire us to do our best, especially on those days when it matters most.
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Daniel N. Hoffman has been a Fox News contributor since May 2018. Before joining Fox News, Hoffman had a distinguished career with the Central Intelligence Agency, where he was a three-time station chief and a senior executive Clandestine Services officer. Follow him on Twitter @danielhoffmanDC.
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