Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as Trump’s CIA director
The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency in overwhelming bipartisan fashion, ...
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Trump CIA pick John Ratcliffe vows to root out political ‘biases,’ focus on threats from China
CIA Director-designate John Ratcliffe vowed in his Senate confirmation ... hasty and ill-advised withdrawal,” said Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). “The IC missed early assessments on Ukraine ...
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The Only Two Republicans Voting Against Trump’s Defense Pick Are Women
Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski were the only two Republicans who voted against Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, in a procedural vote Thursday, citing ...
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Ratcliffe edges closer to CIA confirmation with Democratic support: 5 takeaways
John Ratcliffe emerged largely unscathed from ... The former director of national intelligence lamented to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) that little headway has been made to determine who or ...
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Former Texas congressman vows to keep politics out of CIA as director
John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA ... has had some significant misjudgments lately,” U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said, citing the fall of Afghanistan, Hamas’ attack on Israel and the ...
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In warning about China, CIA director nominee praises technology but says human intelligence vital
15 (UPI) --CIA director nominee John Ratcliffe said the agency ... the better decisions you all can make." Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, asked how Ratcliffe would improve recent CIA miscues that ...
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US Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA
John Ratcliffe is the new director of the CIA ... Two Republicans, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Senator Susan Collins of Maine, broke with Mr Trump and voted against Mr Hegseth, who ...