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CIA Director Visits Qatar To Push For Release Of More U.S. Hostages

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to revisit Israel this week to discuss “the need to prevent the conflict from widening,” among other things.
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CIA Director Says Putin 'Too Confident' He Can Defeat Ukraine As China Weighs Lethal Aid

“There’s no foreign leader who’s watched more carefully Vladimir Putin’s experience in Ukraine, the evolution of the war, than Xi Jinping has,” William Burns said.
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Putin's 'Partial Mobilization' Plan Sputters As Nuclear Threat Looms

CIA Director William Burns said the beleaguered Russian president's threats should be taken "very seriously."
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CIA Chief William Burns Says Vladimir Putin Is 'Entirely Too Healthy'

"There are lots of rumors about President Putin's health," Burns told the Aspen Security Forum.
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CIA Head Meets Taliban Leader As Fears For Afghanistan Grow

The meeting represents an extraordinary moment for a CIA that for two decades targeted the Taliban in paramilitary operations.
By Nomaan Merchant, Rahim Faiez and Jamey Keaten, AP