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1. 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 ...

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_JWilliam J. Burns - Wikipedia

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   He died of a heart attack in Sarasota, Florida, in April 1932. Burns was portrayed by actor Paul Dooley in the television miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan and by Gary Basaraba in the film Killers of the Flower Moon .

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   Who is CIA director William Burns?

   • President-elect Joe Biden has chosen veteran diplomat William Burns to be his CIA director. Biden made the announcement on Monday. A former ambassador to Russia and Jordan, Burns rose through the ranks of the State Department to become deputy secretary before retiring to run the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace in 2014.

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   What happened to John Burns?

   • However, Burns’ meteoric rise and good reputation were not to last. In early April 1922, Interior Secretary Albert Fall leased the U.S. Navy’s emergency oil reserves in Teapot Dome, Wyoming, to Harry Sinclair’s Mammoth Oil Company. The lease was exclusive with no competitive bidding and was done in secret in return for a kickback.

   Today in Security History: The Death of William J. Burns, American

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   • His life had come full circle: as a young man he was active in theatre and aspired to be an actor. William Burns believed as a youth that he was destined to be famous. Famous he became, but few people know of him today.

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

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   May 9, 2023 · It was Mr. Burns, rather than Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, whom Mr. Biden dispatched in November 2021 to Moscow, where from a Kremlin phone the C.I.A. director spoke with Mr. Putin (who ...

5. www.asisonline.org › security-management-magazineToday in Security History: The Death of William J. Burns ...

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   Apr 14, 2021 · By Chris Hertig, CPP. 14 April 2021. Today in Security. On 14 April 1932, William John Burns, known as “ America’s Sherlock Holmes ” passed away in Sarasota, Florida. Like his predecessor Allan Pinkerton and his successor at the U.S. Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover, Burns was a master of self-promotion.

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

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   Jan 11, 2021 · President-elect Joe Biden has chosen veteran diplomat William Burns to be his CIA director. Biden made the announcement on Monday. A former ambassador to Russia and Jordan, Burns rose through the ranks of the State Department to become deputy secretary before retiring to run the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace in 2014.

8. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_Joseph_BurnsWilliam Joseph Burns - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ...

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   William Joseph Burns (born April 11, 1956) is an American politician. Burns is the 8th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency since March 19, 2021 during the Joe Biden administration. He was President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace . [1]

9. www.nytimes.com › 2021/03/18 › usSenate Approves William J. Burns to Lead CIA - The New York Times

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   Mar 18, 2021 · March 18, 2021. WASHINGTON — The Senate approved William J. Burns on Thursday as director of the C.I.A., placing a veteran diplomat in charge of rebuilding morale that eroded during the Trump ...