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   William Burnes or William Burness (11 November 1721 – 13 February 1784) was the father of the poet Robert Burns. He was born at either Upper Kinmonth or Clochnahill Farm, Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, and trained as a gardener at Inverugie Castle, Aberdeenshire, before moving to Ayrshire and becoming a tenant farmer.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_JWilliam J. Burns (diplomat) - Wikipedia

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   William Joseph Burns (born April 11, 1956) is an American diplomat who has served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Biden administration since March 19, 2021. 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 of ...

4. www.cia.gov › about › director-of-ciaDirector of the CIA - CIA

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   William J. Burns is the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency since March 2021, and the first career diplomat to hold the position. He has served six Presidents and Administrations in diplomacy and intelligence for nearly four decades.

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6. www.nytimes.com › william-burns-cia-bidenWilliam Burns, a C.I.A. Spymaster With Unusual Powers

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   May 9, 2023 · William J. Burns has for decades been a major actor on the American foreign policy stage. Now he has amassed influence beyond most if not all previous C.I.A. directors. Anna Rose Layden for The...

7. apnews.com › article › william-burns-cia-director-5eBiden chooses veteran diplomat Burns as CIA director

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   Jan 11, 2021 · Published 3:34 AM PDT, January 11, 2021. WASHINGTON (AP) — William Burns, a well-known figure in diplomatic circles around the world, is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to lead the CIA, a selection likely to be embraced by the rank and file at the nation’s premier spy agency.

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   Who was William Burnes?

   • At this time Edinburgh was known to have a demand for gardeners and William Burnes took the opportunity, spending the next two years landscaping for Sir Thomas Hope in the city, part of his work being in Hope Park, later known as The Meadows.

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   What did William Burnes do after he died?

   • William Burnes eventually won his appeal to the Court of Session on 27 January 1784, and paid the balance of the rent which had been set against his own expenses in liming, fencing, and erecting new buildings. Upon his deathbed at Lochlea Farm William said that he feared for the good conduct of one of his family.

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   Why did William Burnes build a dyke around Alloway Kirk?

   • In February 1767 William Burnes, William Reid of Doonside Mill and a blacksmith named John Tennant got permission from the council to build a dry stone dyke around Alloway Kirk to prevent Elias Cathcart's cattle from straying into the then unenclosed churchyard; they did this at their own expense.

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9. www.pbs.org › newshour › politicsBiden names CIA Director William Burns as a member of his ...

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   Jul 21, 2023 · President Joe Biden elevated CIA Director William Burns to his Cabinet on Friday, a symbolic move that underscores the intelligence chief’s influence and his work in U.S. support for Ukraine. Burns has been a central figure in the Biden administration, particularly in the White House strategy to declassify intelligence findings that Russia was intending to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

10. www.nytimes.com › cia-director-burns-cabinetBiden Elevates CIA Director William Burns to His Cabinet ...

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    Jul 21, 2023 · President Biden on Friday elevated William J. Burns, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, to become a member of his cabinet, citing the agency’s work in providing “good...