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** FILE ** CIA Director David H. Petraeus testifies on Feb. 2, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

**FILE** Holly Petraeus looks on as her husband, then-CIA Director nominee Gen. David Petraeus, testifies June 23, 2011, before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and soon-to-be Director of CIA, conducts a question and answer session with the media, traveling with the new U.S. Defense Secretary, Saturday, July 9, 2011, at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

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**FILE** CIA Director David Petraeus testifies Feb. 2, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Holly Knowlton Petraeus holds the family bible as her husband, David Petraeus, is sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden as CIA Director on Sept. 6, 2011, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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From left: Defense Intelligence Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, CIA Director David Petraeus and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testify on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 2, 2012, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Obama listens as CIA Director David Petraeus makes a point during a national security meeting in the Situation Room of the White House. (Rex Features via Associated Press)

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Vice President Joe Biden (center) talks Sept., 6, 2011, with John Brennan (left), President Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser, and CIA director David Petraeus following a swearing-in ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Ben Affleck (right), a cast member and director of the film "Argo," poses with former CIA agent Tony Mendez, whom Mr. Affleck portrays in the film, backstage at the 16th annual Hollywood Film Awards gala on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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Book cover for "Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled off the Most Audacious Rescue in History" by Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio.

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Book cover for "Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled off the Most Audacious Rescue in History" by Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio.

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Jonna Mendez, was once the CIA's Master of disguises, helping agents conceal their identities and blend in on dangerous spy missions. Pictured, Mendez transforms herself by simply wearing a hat and moustache, holding a cigar. Monday January 31, 2005 (The Washington Times )

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Tony Mendez, a retired disguise specialist in the CIA’s office of technical service, consulted with the screenwriter for “Argo” and took Ben Affleck, who portrays him in the movie (left), to spots where espionage moments occurred. (The Washington Times)