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Merge proposal

Merge Office of Congressional Affairs into Central Intelligence Agency. There's no justification for the agency's otherwise unremarkable office of Congressional affairs to have its own article. Longhornsg (talk) 00:40, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge, with caveat. In general there's not categorically a problem with having a separate page for this as we do a similar thing in other comparable cabinet agencies at a similar level, e.g. Bureau of Legislative Affairs for State; however in this specific case there's not really enough content to justify an independent page and given that classification issues are going to likely always weigh against that, I think it'd make more sense to merge.⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 03:18, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. Dozens of agencies in the US government have an "office of congressional affairs". It's doubtful that any of them are independently notable. This one is not. Cambial — foliar❧ 22:39, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 10:38, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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