WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director, approving the second high-level appointment for the new Trump administration.

The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday ... First row from left, Elise Stefanik, John Ratcliffe, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Howard Lutnick, Pete Hegseth, Doug Burgum, Brooke L. Rollins, Marco Rubio and Robert F.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed former Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe to serve as the next director of the CIA on Thursday.

Ratcliffe faced a brief delay to his nomination from Democrats questioning his independence from President Donald Trump.

The Senate voted to confirm Trump’s choice for secretary of State, and key committees advanced his nominations for defense secretary and CIA director.

John Ratcliffe and his wife Michele smile as ... Marco Rubio was confirmed earlier this week as secretary of state, the first member of Trump’s Cabinet. The CIA director has not always been ...

The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on

The U.S. Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as the new director of the CIA. Read about his priorities for the agency.

Ratcliffe is the second Trump appointee to be confirmed, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Trump and the GOP Senate are hoping to confirm the president’s picks as quickly as possible to get ...

The United States Senate voted 74-25 to confirm John ... the U.S. Ratcliffe is the second of President Donald Trump's cabinet picks to be confirmed. Marco Rubio was confirmed as U.S. Secretary ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead America’s premier spy agency and his second nominee to win Senate approval.

Another pick, John Ratcliffe for CIA director ... where he has spent more than a decade as a member. As secretary of state, Rubio would be the nation’s top diplomat, and the first Latino to hold the position. Born in Miami to Cuban immigrants, he ...