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William Joseph Burns (born April 11, 1956) [2] is an American diplomat and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Biden administration since March 19, 2021. [3] He previously served as U.S. deputy secretary of state from 2011 to 2014; in 2009 he served as acting secretary of state for a day, prior to the confirmation ...
At the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit on Monday, CIA Director William Burns confirmed the agency is running several cryptocurrency-related projects. Burns said the agency is monitoring the ...
CIA Director William Burns warned Monday of the potential for simmering clashes in the Middle East to spread across the region even as, he said, the U.S. intelligence community had assessed the ...
The Senate confirmed William Burns on Thursday as the next CIA director. The longtime diplomat, who spent three decades in the Foreign Service, was confirmed by unanimous consent. Burns is known ...
The cause of the leak that killed the agents was disputed by investigators, with some believing a mole was responsible, others believed the CIA comms system was hacked. [3] In 2023, CIA director William Burns stated that the agency had "made progress" in rebuilding its intelligence networks in China. [13]
There was a real danger that Russia would use tactical nuclear weapons two years ago after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine faltered, CIA Director William Burns said Saturday.
William Francis Burns (June 23, 1932 – June 5, 2021) was an American Army major general who later served as the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from 1988 to 1989 under President Ronald Reagan. [2] [3] He graduated from La Salle University in 1954 and joined the Army from ROTC in that same year. [4]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he had asked CIA Director William Burns to become a member of his cabinet, elevating one of his closest advisers on national security ...