{"id":1076,"date":"2025-01-23T19:32:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T19:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/senate-confirms-john-ratcliffe-as-cia-director\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T19:32:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T19:32:47","slug":"senate-confirms-john-ratcliffe-as-cia-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/senate-confirms-john-ratcliffe-as-cia-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as CIA director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington \u2014\u00a0<\/em>The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in President Trump&#8217;s administration <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-nominees-confirmation-delay-senate-democrats\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">amid delays<\/a><\/span> by Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate confirmed Ratcliffe in a 74 to 25 vote, making him the second of Mr. Trump&#8217;s nominees to be approved by the upper chamber.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats slowed Ratcliffe&#8217;s confirmation after his nomination advanced out of committee earlier this week, forcing procedural maneuvers to extend consideration of his nomination in recent days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, the Republican whip, celebrated earlier Thursday that the Senate was poised to confirm Ratcliffe&#8217;s nomination,\u00a0calling it &#8220;a win for our national security,&#8221; while noting that it &#8220;should have been done two days ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But Democrats unnecessarily delayed this important vote,&#8221; Barrasso continued. &#8220;John Ratcliffe is undeniably qualified for the job, he&#8217;s going to lead the CIA without bias, and with the safety of the American people being his priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, objected to a time agreement that would have allowed the Senate to quickly vote on Ratcliffe&#8217;s nomination, expressing &#8220;serious concerns&#8221; about Ratcliffe&#8217;s ability to distance himself from Mr. Trump&#8217;s political interests and urging that it wasn&#8217;t too much to ask for senators to have time to debate the nomination on the floor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for CIA Director John Ratcliffe appears for a Senate Intelligence confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/23\/bc2812d6-2091-4eda-9011-5cb67211d3c5\/thumbnail\/620x413\/7c81d2451132c8932ac0ed1d26ee8af0\/gettyimages-2193467278.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/23\/bc2812d6-2091-4eda-9011-5cb67211d3c5\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/afc5da6ae6ee7d55d866c6564a2a9949\/gettyimages-2193467278.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s nominee for CIA Director John Ratcliffe appears for a Senate Intelligence confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Andrew Harnik \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ratcliffe, a former Texas congressman, served as director of national intelligence in the final months of Mr. Trump&#8217;s first term. At that time, Mr. Trump initially picked Ratcliffe to lead the nation&#8217;s spy agencies earlier in his first term, but withdrew his name amid questions about his qualifications for the role. Months later, Mr. Trump again nominated Ratcliffe, and the Senate confirmed him as director of national intelligence without any support from Democrats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Testifying last week before the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/john-ratcliffe-confirmation-hearing-2025\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Senate Intelligence Committee<\/a><\/span>, Ratcliffe said he&#8217;s devoted his professional life to national security &#8220;for roughly a quarter of a century.&#8221; And he promised that if confirmed, he would focus on &#8220;setting and communicating priorities and demanding relentless execution.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He pledged that if was confirmed, the CIA would be rededicated to its intelligence-gathering mission.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will collect intelligence \u2014 especially human intelligence \u2014 in every corner of the globe, no matter how dark or difficult,&#8221; Ratcliffe said.<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe served on the House Intelligence Committee and House Judiciary Committee during his time in Congress and was a staunch defender of Mr. Trump through his first impeachment and investigations into Russian election interference. Democrats criticized Ratcliffe for declassifying Russian intelligence alleging damaging information about members of their party during the 2016 race, intelligence that Ratcliffe acknowledged might not be true.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday morning that he would &#8220;respectfully vote no&#8221; on Ratcliffe&#8217;s confirmation, saying he&#8217;s &#8220;deeply worried that Mr. Ratcliffe will be unable to stand up to people like Donald Trump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have my doubts that Mr. Ratcliffe will be able to hold firm,&#8221; the New York Democrat added.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the concern from Democrats, Ratcliffe is considered to be a more traditional choice than some of Mr. Trump&#8217;s other nominations after previously serving in a Senate-confirmed position. The Senate also generally prioritizes nominees serving in national security roles when a new administration begins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe told the intelligence committee that the U.S. faces &#8220;what may be the most challenging national security environment in our nation&#8217;s history,&#8221; saying that the challenges &#8220;increase the necessity of confirming a CIA director who is prepared on Day 1 to take them head-on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/caitlin-yilek\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Caitlin Yilek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.<br \/>\n      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags 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