Who is William Burns, the candidate for the post of CIA chief in Biden

Who is William Burns, the candidate for the post of CIA chief in Biden?

US President-elect Joe Biden is planning to nominate former diplomat William Burns for the position of head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which has been hit hard by the Trump administration.

Who is William Burns, the candidate for the post of CIA chief in Biden?


If confirmed, Burns would become the first leader in CIA history whose lifetime experience comes from the State Department.


According to the "Washington Post" newspaper, Biden said that William Burns is able to confront external threats and strengthen the war on terror.


According to CNN, Biden said, "Bill Burns is an exemplary diplomat with decades of experience on the world stage in maintaining the security and safety of our people and our country."


He added, "He shares with me my deep belief that intelligence should be apolitical and that the dedicated intelligence experts who serve our nation deserve our gratitude and our respect."


People familiar with the matter said Biden was drawn to Burns because of his diplomatic experience and perceived ability to restore credibility to the post-Trump intelligence agency, as well as his experience in Russia, and that his choice would override other competitors with formal intelligence experience.


Choosing Burns is the last major decision of the incoming administration, and it highlights the qualities of Biden's foreign policy team.


Burns is a veteran American diplomat who served both parties and won respect at home and abroad, as well as being intelligent, conservative, collective and loyal to his bosses, as he acknowledged in his 2019 diaries, according to the American newspaper.


Although a diplomat rather than a spy, Burns is a traditional "gray man" like those who populate the intelligence world. He often worked as a secret emissary: ​​the title of his diary, "Back Channel," refers in part to his role as a covert broker in the initial contacts with Iran that led to the 2015 nuclear deal.


Biden chose an outsider who could make an independent judgment to run the agency. He is said to have initially offered the job to Thomas E. Donilon, a former national security advisor in the Obama administration and Biden's close friend, and then considered David Cohen, a former treasury official who served for two years as deputy director of the CIA. In the era of President Barack Obama.

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