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Biden's CIA Nominee William Burns Says, China Would Be Biggest Focus If Confirmed
Veteran US diplomat William Burns, nominated to lead the CIA, pledged Wednesday to keep the agency free of politics and said China would be his biggest focus if confirmed.
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Trump's CIA Nominee Likely To Be Confirmed, Senate Panel Votes In Favour
A U.S. Senate committee voted on Wednesday in favour of Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump's nominee to be CIA director, and she is expected to be confirmed by the full Senate as soon as next week.
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White House Official Mocked "Dying" Senator John McCain: Reports
A White House official mocked Senator John McCain's brain cancer at an internal meeting on Thursday, saying his opposition to President Donald Trump's CIA nominee "doesn't matter, he's dying anyway," according to media reports.
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Donald Trump's CIA Pick Promises Agency Will Not Engage In Torture
U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to head the CIA will promise lawmakers on Wednesday she will never resume a program of harsh interrogations, often denounced as torture, that has been the major issue complicating her confirmation.
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CIA Nominee Gina Haspel Faces Grilling Over Torture Record
Facing tough opposition over her own record, CIA director nominee Gina Haspel will pledge Wednesday to never revive the interrogation program that saw Al-Qaeda detainees tortured.
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Trump Defends CIA Nominee, Calls On Her To 'Win'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday defended his pick to run the CIA after sources said she had sought to withdraw from the nomination over concerns about her involvement in the agency's interrogation programme.
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Trump's CIA Nominee Sought To Withdraw Amid Scrutiny Over Interrogations
Haspel is expected to face intense scrutiny from senators over her role in the agency's treatment of terrorism suspects at secret prisons overseas.
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US Senate Approves CIA Director Mike Pompeo As Secretary Of State
The US Senate voted Thursday to approve former CIA director Mike Pompeo as secretary of state Thursday after a bruising battle by Democrats against President Donald Trump's nominee
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Trump's New Secretary Of State Nominee Supports Tough Pakistan Policy
CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who has been nominated by President Donald Trump to be his next Secretary of State, is seen as an advocate of a tough policy on Pakistan.
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Republican National Security Experts: Donald Trump Would Be 'Dangerous' President
Fifty prominent Republican national security officials, including a former CIA director, on Monday called party nominee Donald Trump unqualified to lead the country and said he would be "the most reckless president in American history."
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Senator Rand Paul's filibuster of CIA pick ends after 12 hours
A Republican senator seeking to block President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA over concerns about drone strikes on US soil completed a nearly 13-hour speaking filibuster early Thursday.
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Barack Obama's CIA nominee faces tough questions from Senate Democrats
Some of the toughest questioning of John Brennan, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the CIA, may come from the president's fellow Democrats, not hostile Republicans, at his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.
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CIA director nominee John Brennan opposes harsh interrogation techniques
John Brennan, now President Barack Obama's nominee to be CIA director, sat quietly around a conference table at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Va., during briefings about the capture and waterboarding of key al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah.
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CIA nominee had detailed knowledge of 'enhanced interrogation techniques'
John Brennan, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the CIA, had detailed, contemporaneous knowledge of the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" on captured terrorism suspects during an earlier stint as a top spy agency official, according to multiple sources familiar with official records.
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Biden's CIA Nominee William Burns Says, China Would Be Biggest Focus If Confirmed
Veteran US diplomat William Burns, nominated to lead the CIA, pledged Wednesday to keep the agency free of politics and said China would be his biggest focus if confirmed.
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Trump's CIA Nominee Likely To Be Confirmed, Senate Panel Votes In Favour
A U.S. Senate committee voted on Wednesday in favour of Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump's nominee to be CIA director, and she is expected to be confirmed by the full Senate as soon as next week.
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White House Official Mocked "Dying" Senator John McCain: Reports
A White House official mocked Senator John McCain's brain cancer at an internal meeting on Thursday, saying his opposition to President Donald Trump's CIA nominee "doesn't matter, he's dying anyway," according to media reports.
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Donald Trump's CIA Pick Promises Agency Will Not Engage In Torture
U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to head the CIA will promise lawmakers on Wednesday she will never resume a program of harsh interrogations, often denounced as torture, that has been the major issue complicating her confirmation.
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CIA Nominee Gina Haspel Faces Grilling Over Torture Record
Facing tough opposition over her own record, CIA director nominee Gina Haspel will pledge Wednesday to never revive the interrogation program that saw Al-Qaeda detainees tortured.
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Trump Defends CIA Nominee, Calls On Her To 'Win'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday defended his pick to run the CIA after sources said she had sought to withdraw from the nomination over concerns about her involvement in the agency's interrogation programme.
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Trump's CIA Nominee Sought To Withdraw Amid Scrutiny Over Interrogations
Haspel is expected to face intense scrutiny from senators over her role in the agency's treatment of terrorism suspects at secret prisons overseas.
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US Senate Approves CIA Director Mike Pompeo As Secretary Of State
The US Senate voted Thursday to approve former CIA director Mike Pompeo as secretary of state Thursday after a bruising battle by Democrats against President Donald Trump's nominee
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Trump's New Secretary Of State Nominee Supports Tough Pakistan Policy
CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who has been nominated by President Donald Trump to be his next Secretary of State, is seen as an advocate of a tough policy on Pakistan.
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Republican National Security Experts: Donald Trump Would Be 'Dangerous' President
Fifty prominent Republican national security officials, including a former CIA director, on Monday called party nominee Donald Trump unqualified to lead the country and said he would be "the most reckless president in American history."
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Senator Rand Paul's filibuster of CIA pick ends after 12 hours
A Republican senator seeking to block President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA over concerns about drone strikes on US soil completed a nearly 13-hour speaking filibuster early Thursday.
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Barack Obama's CIA nominee faces tough questions from Senate Democrats
Some of the toughest questioning of John Brennan, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the CIA, may come from the president's fellow Democrats, not hostile Republicans, at his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.
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CIA director nominee John Brennan opposes harsh interrogation techniques
John Brennan, now President Barack Obama's nominee to be CIA director, sat quietly around a conference table at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Va., during briefings about the capture and waterboarding of key al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah.
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CIA nominee had detailed knowledge of 'enhanced interrogation techniques'
John Brennan, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the CIA, had detailed, contemporaneous knowledge of the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" on captured terrorism suspects during an earlier stint as a top spy agency official, according to multiple sources familiar with official records.
