Biden chooses veteran diplomat William Burns as CIA director

WASHINGTON — William Burns, a highly regarded diplomat with vast foreign policy experience and service in both Democratic and Republican administrations, was chosen Monday as President-elect Joe Biden’s director of the CIA.

It was a surprise pick but one likely to win broad approval both within and outside the embattled spy agency.

“Bill Burns is an exemplary diplomat with decades of experience on the world stage keeping our people and our country safe and secure,” Biden said in announcing