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William J. Burns is a veteran American diplomat and was the eighth Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2021 to 2025, capping a career at the center of U.S. foreign policy. He joined the Foreign Service in 1982 and spent 32 years rising through its ranks, with tours as ambassador to Jordan (1998–2001) and to Russia (2005–2008) bracketing four years as the State Department's top official for the Near East. He then became under secretary of state for political affairs and, from 2011 to 2014, deputy secretary of state; in 2009 he was briefly acting secretary of state. Earlier, he worked directly for secretaries Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright and ran the department's executive secretariat. After leaving government service in 2014 he led the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace until 2021. The Senate confirmed him unanimously as CIA director, and in 2023 he was elevated to cabinet rank. A Marshall Scholar, he has received the Annenberg Award for Excellence in Diplomacy and Japan's Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. Burns offers authoritative insight on intelligence, Russia, the Middle East and global security.
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- Became United States Ambassador to Jordan
- Became Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
- Became United States Ambassador to the Russian Federation
- Became Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- Became United States Secretary of State
- Became United States Deputy Secretary of State
- Became Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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