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Bill Burns, A Consummate Diplomat. William Joseph Burns, known as Bill to his colleagues, stepped down as Deputy Secretary of State in October 2014 after an illustrious 33-year career in the Foreign Service. Burns earned bipartisan support as a key figure in tackling some of the toughest foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
Jul 21, 2023 · President Joe Biden elevated CIA Director William Burns to his Cabinet on Friday, a symbolic move that underscores the intelligence chief's influence and his work in U.S. support for Ukraine.
Jul 21, 2023 · July 21, 2023 at 3:15 p.m. EDT. CIA Director William J. Burns testifies before a House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to U.S. security on March 9. (Ken Cedeno/Reuters) 5 min ...
Born. April 04, 1956. edit data. William J. Burns is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the oldest international affairs think tank in the United States. He retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2014 after a thirty-three-year diplomatic career. He holds the highest rank in the Foreign Service, career ambassador, and ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — US President-elect Joe Biden announced Monday he has chosen veteran diplomat William Burns to be his CIA director. A former ambassador to Russia and Jordan, Burns, 64, had a 33 ...
Ambassador Burns speaks four languages: English, Russian, French and Arabic. Burns and his wife, Lisa Carty, a former U.S. diplomat and now UN diplomat have two daughters. For more detail on Ambassador William J. Burns, please see his memoir published in 2019, The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal.
Biography of William J. Burns (diplomat) (excerpt) 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 ...
