{"id":1980115,"date":"2023-07-22T02:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T06:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-elevates-cia-director-william-burns-to-cabinet\/"},"modified":"2023-07-22T02:09:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T06:09:32","slug":"biden-elevates-cia-director-william-burns-to-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-elevates-cia-director-william-burns-to-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden promotes CIA Director Burns to Cabinet position."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fbiden-elevates-cia-director-william-burns-to-cabinet%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=1980115&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 class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0722\/cc22c4f8-99d4-4e3a-9f15-6159c073ebe0\/audio.mp3?length=3462093&#038;duration=288\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not many CIA directors serve as members of a U.S. president\u2019s Cabinet. CIA Director William \u2062Burns will now be one of the \u2064few.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Joe Biden, underscoring\u200d the confidence\u2064 he \u2063holds in and how much he relies on Mr. Burns, announced on July 21 that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-saudi-announcement-to-come-monday-official-says-no-new-steps-expected\/\" title=\"Biden Says Saudi Announcement to Come Monday; Official Says No New Steps Expected\">intelligence chief<\/a> is \u2063now a\u2064 Cabinet\u2063 member.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is \u200cprecedent for a CIA \u2064director to serve in a\u2064 Cabinet. President Bill Clinton named CIA directors John Deutsch and George \u200bTenet to \u200bhis cabinet. President Ronald Reagan did the same with William Casey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Burns\u2062 is one of the president\u2019s closest advisers, and the two meet regularly. Mr. Biden has\u200d dispatched Mr. Burns overseas on diplomatic missions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Burns traveled\u2063 to Russia in\u200c November 2021 to speak with \u200cand warn the nation\u2019s president Vladimir Putin not to invade Ukraine. Russia invaded \u2062Ukraine the following February.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In\u200b June,\u2063 Mr. Burns took a semi-secret trip to China where he met with \u200dChinese intelligence officials in the hopes of maintaining open and \u2063helpful lines of communication between the superpowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Burns has made several trips to Kyiv to meet \u2062with \u2062Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Biden Praises Burns<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his announcement naming Mr.\u2064 Burns to his Cabinet, the president used a quote\u2064 from\u2062 Mr. Burns himself, saying, \u201cAs Bill\u2062 says: \u2018Good intelligence delivered with \u2062honesty and integrity, is America\u2019s first line of defense.&#8217;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Biden added: \u201cSince his first day on\u2064 the job, Bill has demonstrated the meaning behind those words. Working in lockstep with Director of \u200cNational Intelligence Avril\u200b Haines, Bill has harnessed\u200d intelligence to give our country a\u200c critical\u200c strategic advantage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5382197\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/08\/id5382197-GettyImages-1513206530-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><\/p>\n<p>    \u2063   U.S. President Joe\u2064 Biden\u200d speaks\u2062 during an event in the East Room of the \u200cWhite \u2063House in Washington\u2063 on July 7, 2023. (Drew\u200d Angerer\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Burns, 67, a career diplomat, became CIA \u2064director on March 19, \u20642021.\u2064 As a candidate \u2064nominated for the CIA post by Mr. Biden, he \u200dwas unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The position in\u2064 the Cabinet is largely ceremonial in that it does not confer on or invest Mr. \u2064Burns with any new authority. But, as well, as a Cabinet member, he will now participate in Cabinet meetings that include top secretaries and other\u200d officials in the administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of particular importance is that with Mr. Burns in the \u2063cabinet, he will be part of a \u2064Cabinet intelligence triad that includes the president, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, and himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to the CIA, \u200dMr. Burns held the\u2063 position of president \u2062of \u200cthe Carnegie \u200cEndowment for International \u2064Peace \u2064from 2014 through 2021. Mr. Burns served\u200c in the U.S. Foreign Service for 32 years before retiring \u2063in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While in the Foreign \u200bService, \u200broles in which Mr. Burns served included executive secretary \u2064of\u200c the State Department, ambassador to Jordan (1998-2001), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-pauses-plan-to-offer-vaccines-to-guantanamo-bay-detainees\/\" title=\"Pentagon Pauses Plan To Offer Vaccines To Guantanamo Bay Detainees\">assistant secretary<\/a> of state for Near East \u200baffairs (2001-2005), ambassador to \u200dRussia (2005-2008), and undersecretary \u200bof state for political affairs (2008-2011).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5311361\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/04\/id5311361-Intel-e1685865772183-1200x728.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><\/p>\n<p>    \u2063  Director\u200c of National Intelligence Avril Haines, left, and CIA Director William Burns depart\u200d an\u200d event at the\u2063 Rose Garden of\u200c the White House in Washington on May 25, 2023. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n \u200b\u200c<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On being named to the president\u2019s Cabinet, Mr. Burns issued a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe President\u2019s announcement today recognizes the essential contributions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tucker-carlson-confronts-desantis-on-alleged-flip-flopping-on-ukraine\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson questions DeSantis about Ukraine stance.\">national \u2064security<\/a> the Central Intelligence \u200bAgency \u2062makes every day, and reflects his\u200b confidence in our work,\u201d Mr Burns said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am honored to serve in this role, representing the tremendous work of our\u2063 intelligence officers. It is also an honor to serve alongside \u200bour exceptional intelligence community colleagues, under the leadership\u2064 of DNI Avril Haines.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Met Epstein, but\u200d \u2018No Relationship\u2019 <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Mr. Burns has been involved in a bit \u2064of controversy. This past spring, the\u2063 Wall Street Journal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-elevates-cia-director-william-burns-to-cabinet\/\" title=\"Biden promotes CIA Director Burns to Cabinet position.\">citing private calendar entries<\/a> and emails,\u200c reported \u2062that<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CIA Director William Burns joins a select few as a member of the U.S. president&#8217;s Cabinet. President Joe Biden&#8217;s announcement on July 21 highlights his trust and reliance on Mr. Burns. 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