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1. www.nytimes.com › 2024/05/23 › worldCIA Director Burns to Try Reviving Cease-Fire and Hostage ...

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   May 23, 2024 · William J. Burns, the C.I.A. director, who has been the lead American negotiator in efforts for a cease-fire in Gaza, plans to travel to Europe this weekend for talks with his Israeli counterpart ...

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3. www.jpost.com › breaking-news › article-802541CIA Director William Burns to head to Europe for ceasefire ...

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   May 24, 2024 · CIA Director William Burns will head to Europe for further ceasefire-hostage release deal talks between Israel and Hamas, a US official told CNN on Thursday. “The director is in frequent ...

4. www.wsj.com › world › middle-eastThe U.S. Spy Chief on a Long-Shot Diplomatic Mission - WSJ

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   3 days ago · CIA Director William Burns faces uphill battle in secret negotiations aimed at getting Israel, Hamas to agree on Gaza cease-fire William Burns is the chief U.S. mediator in Middle East talks aimed ...

5. www.stripes.com › theaters › usCIA Director Burns becomes key envoy as Biden-Netanyahu ties ...

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   May 10, 2024 · Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns, a veteran diplomat and Arabic speaker, was in Cairo alongside Qatari and Egyptian mediators this week as U.S. President Joe Biden set off a ...

6. www.timesofisrael.com › liveblog_entry › cia-head-toCIA head to meet today with Mossad chief, Qatari PM in Paris ...

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   May 24, 2024 · CIA Director William Burns will meet with Mossad chief David Barnea and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in Paris later today, an Israeli official says, confirming an Axios ...

7. www.amacad.org › person › william-j-burnsWilliam J. Burns | American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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   5 days ago · Elected. 2015. Bill Burns is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Ambassador Burns retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2014 after a thirty-three-year diplomatic career. He holds the highest rank in the Foreign Service, career ambassador, and is only the second serving career diplomat in history to become deputy ...

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   Who is William Burns and what does he do?

   • President-elect Joe Biden has chosen veteran diplomat William Burns to be the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). A former ambassador to Russia and Jordan, Burns, 64, had a 33-year career at the State Department under both Republican and Democratic presidents.

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   Who is CIA director William Burns?

   • US News: CIA Director William Burns, an experienced diplomat and Arabic speaker, was in Cairo this week, collaborating with Qatari and Egyptian mediators. The

   CIA chief emerges as the real US powerbroker in Middle East

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   Who is John Burns?

   • A former ambassador to Russia and Jordan, Burns, 64, had a 33-year career at the State Department under both Republican and Democratic presidents. He rose through the ranks of the diplomatic corps to become deputy secretary of state before retiring in 2014 to run the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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   Who was Robert Burns?

   • Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Robert Burns was born in 1759, in Alloway, Scotland, to William and Agnes Brown Burnes. Like his father, Burns was a tenant farmer. However, toward the end of his life he became an excise collector in Dumfries, where he died in 1796; throughout his life he was also a practicing poet.

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9. timesofindia.indiatimes.com › world › usCIA chief emerges as the real US powerbroker in Middle East

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   May 11, 2024 · CIA Director William Burns, an experienced diplomat and Arabic speaker, was in Cairo this week, collaborating with Qatari and Egyptian mediators. The White House has serious concerns about ...