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Senate Overwhelmingly Confirms John Ratcliffe To Lead CIA Despite Dem Holdouts
The Senate voted overwhelmingly to confirm former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to be Trump's CIA director
Senate Confirms John Ratcliffe to Lead CIA, Giving Trump His Second Cabinet Member
US Senate confirms Trump nominee Ratcliffe as CIA director
CIA now says COVID most likely originated from a lab leak but has "low confidence" in its assessment
The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory.
After new CIA finding, China says ‘extremely unlikely’ COVID-19 came from a lab
China on Monday dismissed the possibility that the virus that caused COVID-19 leaked from a lab, after the CIA said it now favors the so-called lab leak theory over natural transmission. “It
Senate confirms Trump CIA director John Ratcliffe as GOP speeds up national security picks
Ratcliffe faced a brief delay to his nomination from Democrats questioning his independence from President Donald Trump.
Some of Trump’s more controversial picks will appear before Senate committees to make their case
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel are expected to be grilled by senators during their confirmation hearings.
Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as CIA director
Former Congressman John Ratcliffe is the nation's new CIA director after the Senate voted 74-25 in favor of his confirmation on Thursday.
The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, giving President Trump his second Cabinet member
The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet.
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Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as CIA director
Washington — The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in President Trump's administration amid delays by Democrats.

Tulsi Gabbard, Edward Snowden and U.S. intelligence

Tulsi Gabbard: As A Member Of Congress, I Investigated The Obama Administration's Support For al-Qaeda In Syria
Tulsi Gabbard's support for Edward Snowden questioned by Senate intelligence panel
Gabbard faces criticism over Russia, Snowden in intelligence confirmation hearing
Former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of national intelligence, faced harsh criticism of her past defense of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and comments seen as supportive of Russia at a confirmation hearing on Thursday.
Democrats press Army secretary nominee if ‘readiness’ will be affected by southern border deployments
Democrats sounded off about the White House sending U.S. troops to the southern border, but Army secretary nominee Daniel Driscoll insisted that he did not believe it would affect readiness.
5 takeaways from the Gabbard, Patel and RFK Jr. hearings
A trio of high-profile hearings took center stage on Capitol Hill on Thursday, with senators scrutinizing President Donald Trump’s most contentious remaining nominees. Director of national intelligence pick Tulsi Gabbard and FBI director selection Kash Patel testified for the first time,