The Senate has confirmed former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe to head the CIA Thursday. The vote was 74-25. Ratcliffe was a former Heath mayor and 4th District Congressman of Texas. He also served as U.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed former Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe to serve as the next director of the CIA on Thursday.

A former U.S. Representative from Texas is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s intelligence agency. John Ratcliffe, who previously represented the 4th congressional district from 2015 to 2020, was tapped this week to be CIA director for the upcoming administration.

Former Texas Congressman and ex-director of national intelligence assumes CIA leadership amid bipartisan Senate approval - Anadolu Ajansı

The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe, former director of national intelligence, as head of the CIA on Thursday by a 74-25 vote. In November, then-President-elect Donald Trump announced his selection of Ratcliffe as the next director of the intelligence agency.

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Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA. The Texas Republican is a former federal ...

Ratcliffe, 59, is the first person to have served as both director of national intelligence and chief of the CIA.

Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA. The Texas Republican is a former federal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed former North Texas congressman John Ratcliffe as CIA director, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead America's premier spy agency and his ...

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Before being elected to Congress, Ratcliffe served as the mayor of Heath, Texas, from 2004 to 2012. He also worked as a U.S. attorney and federal terrorism prosecutor before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. [6] [7] The confirmation ...