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John Ratcliffe becomes CIA Director

Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to be Trump's CIA director

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director, approving the second high-level appointment for the new Trump administration.

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CIA director pick John Ratcliffe vows new focus on intelligence gathering in confirmation hearing

Trump's pick to be CIA director promised in his confirmation hearing to hone in on setting strong intelligence collection priorities and "demanding relentless execution."

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John Ratcliffe, Trump’s CIA pick, tells senators the agency is ‘not where we’re supposed to be’

John Ratcliffe, who served as director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term, is a former federal prosecutor and conservative member of Congress representing a district in Texas. He was a fierce defender of Trump during his first impeachment proceedings in the House.

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The CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding

The CIA believes the COVID-19 virus likely originated from a laboratory — but acknowledges the spy agency has 'low confidence ...

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Trump loyalist John Ratcliffe sails through CIA director confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON − John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, said he plans widespread reforms at the nation’s premiere spy agency at his nomination hearing Wednesday, but ...

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John Ratcliffe confirmed by the Senate to become Trump’s CIA director

Ratcliffe, 59, is the first person to have served as both director of national intelligence and chief of the CIA.

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Cotton pitches tariffs on China to make it pay for ‘unleashing’ COVID-19

Cotton's pitch comes after the CIA switched its view on the origins of COVID-19 to the belief it likely originated from a Chinese lab leak.

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