US Senate confirms Trump nominee Ratcliffe as CIA director – World

WASHINGTON: A majority of the U.S. Senate on Thursday backed President Donald Trump’s nominee John Ratcliffe, a former House of Representatives member who served as Director of National Intelligence during Trump’s first term, as director of the CIA.

The Senate voted to confirm Ratcliffe by 74-25, as 20 Democrats and one independent joined Republicans in backing the nomination.

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