Biden names ex-diplomat William J. Burns for CIA chief

He is currently the president of the international affairs think tank the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. (File/AFP)

• Burns was a former deputy US secretary of state who served 33 years as a US diplomat

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden will nominate longtime former career diplomat William Burns to lead the CIA, his transition team said in a statement on Monday.
Burns, a former deputy US secretary of state who served 33 years as a US diplomat, is currently the president of the international affairs think tank the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.