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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 ...
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.
May 9, 2023 · To mark the 20th anniversary of the American-led invasion of Iraq, the C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, stood in the lobby of the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Va., and sought to exorcise ...
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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 .
Jul 22, 2021 · Ian Morton/NPR. William Burns gives his first sit-down interview since assuming the role of Central Intelligence Agency director in March. In a wide-ranging conversation, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly ...
Jul 21, 2023 · WILLIAM BURNS: Well, I mean, I've seen over the last three decades since the end of the Cold War, you know, a lot of fascinating episodes in Russia, but none more fascinating than Prigozhin's ...
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. A former ambassador to Russia and Jordan, Burns, 64, had a ...
