The Senate has approved John Ratcliffe to serve as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
A bipartisan majority in the Senate voted 74–25 on Jan. 23 to confirm the former intelligence director as the next head of the CIA, following a brief delay in the confirmation process.
Ratcliffe is the second of President Donald Trump’s appointees to be confirmed by the Senate, following Marco Rubio’s unanimous confirmation as secretary of state on Jan. 20.
Though Ratcliffe’s appointment was swiftly approved by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in a 14–3 vote, a small group of Senate Democrats sought to torpedo the nomination in the eleventh hour, forcing the vote open to a lengthier debate process….