Win McNamee/Getty ImagesHaines was deputy CIA director and deputy national security advisor in the Obama administration.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more storiesThe Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Biden's pick for US spy chief, Avril Haines, by a vote of 84 to 10.
At a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, Haines pledged to keep politics out of intelligence. "We should provide the necessary intelligence to support long-term bipartisan efforts to out-compete China — gaining and sharing insight into China's intentions and capabilities, while also supporting more immediate efforts to counter Beijing's unfair, illegal, aggressive and coercive actions, as well as its human rights violations, whenever we can," she said in her prepared remarks.
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton initially said that he would hold up Haines' confirmation until he got a written answer from her regarding a question at the confirmation hearing about the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" program that was carried out under the Bush administration.and cleared the way for her confirmation after receiving a response.
Ratcliffe also significantly curtailed his office's cooperation with Congress and stonewalled lawmakers on election security briefings. Trump, acting DNI Joseph Maguire, after Maguire authorized an aide to alert Congress about Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2020 election in Trump's favor.
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