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Joe Biden set to nominate William Burns as CIA director

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Joe Biden set to nominate William Burns as CIA director

Joe Biden set to nominate William Burns as CIA director

President-elect Joe Biden will nominate William Burns as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, CNN has learned, tapping a veteran American diplomat who has served in posts around the world from the Reagan to the Obama administrations.

CNN’s Jessica Dean reports.


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