The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead America's premier spy agency and his second nominee to win Senate approval. Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the

Former Texas Congressman and ex-director of national intelligence assumes CIA leadership amid bipartisan Senate approval - Anadolu Ajansı

John Ratcliffe, President-elect Trump’s choice to head the CIA, faced questioning from the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday morning in his first confirmation hearing. Ratcliffe, a