The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, giving Trump his second Cabinet member

Source: Associated Press, via WTOP

The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, giving Trump his second Cabinet member

The Associated Press
January 23, 2025, 2:26 PM

TON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet.

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 nation’s premier spy agency. The Texas Republican is a former federal prosecutor who emerged as a fierce Trump defender while serving as a congressman during Trump’s first impeachment.

The vote was 74-25.

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