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Director Burns’ Middle East Mission

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 20: Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns (L) arrives for a closed-door hearing in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on June 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. Burns and National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone testified before the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee about their proposed FY2024 budgets. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Posted: November 7th, 2023

By Hollie McKay

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING – CIA Director Bill Burns is in the Middle East as part of a Biden Administration push to ease tensions in the region amid fears of a broader, more violent regional conflict.  The director is reportedly planning to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Mossad Chief David Barnea. His trip follows a visit to the region by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday.   

While the CIA does not comment publicly on the director’s schedule, media outlets are citing Israeli officials for details of Burns’ visit in which he is also expected to meet leaders in Qatar and Egypt as well as Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.

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