John Ratcliffe sworn in as new director of CIA

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance has sworn in John Ratcliffe as the nation’s CIA director, shortly after the Senate confirmed Ratcliffe on a vote of 74-25.

Ratcliffe was President Trump’s Director of National Intelligence in his first term.

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, AP reports. 

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