{"id":169374,"date":"2021-02-24T15:05:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T20:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=169374"},"modified":"2021-02-24T19:08:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T00:08:31","slug":"cia-dir-nominee-u-s-must-prevent-iran-from-developing-nuclear-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-dir-nominee-u-s-must-prevent-iran-from-developing-nuclear-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA Dir. Nominee: U.S. must prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcia-dir-nominee-u-s-must-prevent-iran-from-developing-nuclear-weapons%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=169374&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2378010\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2378010 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231361236-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 24: William Burns, nominee for Central Intelligence Agency director, arrives for his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing in Russell Senate Office Building on February 24, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Burns is a career diplomat who most recently served as Deputy Secretary of State in the Obama administration. (Photo by Tom Williams-Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2378010\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; FEBRUARY 24: William Burns, nominee for Central Brains Agency director, arrives for his Senate Select Intellect Committee confirmation ability to hear in Russell Senate WORKPLACE on Feb 24, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Burns is a job diplomat who lately offered as Deputy Secretary of Talk about in the Obama administration. (Photo by Tom Williams-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 3:05 PM PT &#8211; Thursday, February 24, 2021<\/p>\n<p>If confirmed, Joe Biden\u2019s find to lead the Central Cleverness Agency vowed to give straight-forward intellect on Iran. Through the Senate Brains Committee Hearing Thursday, William Burns told lawmakers he will not imagine Iran can be respected with a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Iran must remain under full sanctions as long as they pursue nuclear ambitions, sponsor terrorists, and keep hostages.<\/p>\n<p>I am hoping that, if proved, Mr. Burns will the stand by position his original statements about the risk Iran poses to your national security.https:\/\/t.co\/nnHGw5o0V2<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) Feb 24, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Burns also stressed the U.S. needs to keep doing everything it can to avoid Iran from creating a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2378011\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2378011 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231360851.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2378011\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2378011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FEBRUARY 24: William Burns, right, nominee for Central Intelligence Agency director, talks with Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., after his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing in Russell Senate Office Building on February 24, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Burns is a career diplomat who most recently served as Deputy Secretary of State in the Obama administration. (Photo by Tom Williams-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI learned that good intelligence, delivered with honesty and integrity, is America\u2019s first line of defense,\u201d Burns said. \u201cI learned that intelligence professionals have to tell policymakers what they need to hear, even if they don\u2019t want to hear it. And I learned that politics must stop where intelligence work begins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Biden is expected to try to re-join the Iran Nuclear Deal. The Trump administration pulled the U.S. out of it back in 2018.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/ga-state-senate-votes-35-18-to-mandate-voter-id-for-mail-in-ballots\/\">Ga. 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