U.S. Spy Chief Took on Role of Negotiator in Gaza War
As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back ...
How ‘Mild Bill’ Burns led a covert CIA campaign in Ukraine
No one would ever refer to CIA Director William J. Burns as “Wild Bill,” the nickname of William J. Donovan, who led the OSS, ...
The Secretary of Hard Problems
But in Burns—a 33-year veteran of the Foreign Service, only the second career diplomat to become deputy secretary of state, a ...
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China is a greater threat to the US than Russia and that's why the CIA doubled its budget for it, agency chief says
The CIA views China as a far bigger threat to the US than Russia and is committing more resources than ever to counter it, says agency chief William J. Burns. "While Russia may pose the most ...
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Transcript: NPR's full conversation with CIA Director William Burns
In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns about the ...
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Ukraine war corrosive for Vladimir Putin - CIA boss
William J Burns said the failure of the Ukraine war risked undermining Vladimir Putin's leadership of Russia The Ukraine war is having a "corrosive" effect on Vladimir Putin's leadership of Russia ...
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Russia's transatlantic sabotage plot foiled by U.S. intel
Joe Biden and American intelligence have warned Vladimir Putin about the consequences of sabotage planned by Russians using ...
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Transcript: NPR's full conversation with CIA Director William Burns
In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns about Russia, a potential ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, and the resurgence of ...