President-elect Joe Biden announced Monday
that he has appointed veteran diplomat William Burns as his CIA director.
Burns, 64, a former ambassador to Russia and
Jordan has had a 33-year career in the State Department under both Republican
and Democratic presidents. He joined the Diplomatic Corps and became Deputy
Secretary of State before retiring in 2014 to run the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace.
During the turmoil at the State Department after
Donald Trump took office in 2017, Burns kept his mouth shut until last year
when he began writing highly critical of the Trump administration's policies in
foreign affairs and other publications.
"Bill Burns is an exemplary diplomat who,
with decades of experience on the world stage, has kept his people and our
country safe and secure. We thank and respect Ambassador Burns for avoiding
threats before we reach our shores. The American people will sleep well with
him as the next CIA director.
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