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  • Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, giving Trump his second Cabinet member

    01/23/2025 12:25:46 PM PST · by RoosterRedux · 15 replies
    wtae.com/AP ^ | DAVID KLEPPER
    The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet. 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 CIA, the nation’s premier spy agency. The Texas Republican is a former federal prosecutor who emerged as a fierce Trump defender while serving as a congressman during Trump’s first impeachment. The vote was 74-25. At his Senate hearing last week, Ratcliffe said the CIA must do better when it comes to using technology...