by Henry Rodgers The U.S. Senate voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s choice for CIA Director Gina Haspel Thursday after months of rigorous debate from lawmakers. Senators voted to confirm Haspel 54-44 on the Senate floor. The vote came after a group of senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee voted againstTrump’s pick to lead the
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CIA/AFP/Getty Images by Penny Starr22 Apr 20180 22 Apr, 201822 Apr, 2018 After weeks of negative media reports and political animus over Gina Haspel’s alleged participation in the destruction of videos showing interrogation of terror suspects, the first woman to be nominated to head the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been vindicated by the agency
President Donald Trump made a series of changes in his administration with all the drama of his former reality show. Without actually uttering the words “you’re fired” the president used Twitter to announce a series of moves that put Tillerson out-to-pasture, moved his CIA chief over to head the State Department and gave the
JOSEPH EID,JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images by Charlie Spiering13 Mar 20180 13 Mar, 201813 Mar, 2018 President Donald Trump announced that CIA director Mike Pompeo would be the new Secretary of State, replacing former Exxon-Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson. “Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job!”