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title: "U.S. Senate confirms Burns to be CIA director"
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# U.S. Senate confirms Burns to be CIA director

> WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate backed veteran diplomat William Burns on Thursday to become President Joe Biden's Central Intelligence Agency director.

By Reuters · Published 18 March 2021, 23:49 SAST

## Content

The Senate voted by unanimous consent, without objection, to approve Burns, a former ambassador to Russia and former deputy secretary of state, to lead the agency. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, Editing by Franklin Paul)