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Ben Hider/Getty Images for Concordia Summit Burns spent 33 years in the US Foreign Service, concluding with his tenure during the Obama administration as the second-ever career diplomat to serve as deputy secretary of state. After retiring in 2014, Burns became the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he wrote often about how the US could better conduct diplomacy — which is why he was considered a potential secretary of state pick. It’s precisely such a backgro...

Read Article JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to fill a vacancy on the five-member board during the annual town meeting in April 2021. Judy Diaz, former Jay selectperson. Submitted photo Town officials were informed in October that Selectperson Judy Diaz planned to resign in November. The Maine Central Voter Registration notified the town recently that Diaz has registered to vote in another town, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. Diaz never officially contacted the town to advise them s...

The incoming Biden administration’s spate of establishment-friendly appointments has been met with criticism, if not surprise, from left-leaning politicians, commentators and organizations. As they challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s assignation of top roles to corporate allies, a predictable backlash has ensued, with liberal and center-right mouthpieces urging passivity and a disavowal of left ideas under the pretense of “unity.” The real party unity on display is the loc...

Democrats keep saying that russia wanted donald trump to win, and now william barr is looking into it. is that the right track? >> its entirely appropriate, and, you know, i think some people would tell you russia wanted her to lose and then in a binary choice, by default, that means he must win. the intelligence communitys always really skittish when people look at their work product, you know? they dont deal in evidence, they dont deal in evidentiary burdens or thresholds, they deal in assessm...

Ability to answer the questions that we know are going to come. and if you dont believe me, listen to some of the quotes from a lot of other people that have been very outspoken in their support for her. former director leon panetta said i im glad its gina because, frankly, she is someone who really knows the cia inside and out. former director michael hayden says haspel is the absolute best choice to be director. michael morrell says she is capable, she has integrity and cares deeply about the ...

Missiles to ukraine. former k former cia deputy director michael morrell summed it up. >> there should be no doubt in anyones mind after the invasion of georgia, the invasion of ukraine, the intervention in syria, and the meddling in our election, the attack last week by russian mercenaries on u.s. forces in syria that we are, again, in a cold war. >> do you agree with the assessment? are we in a new cold war? >> i mean, this has been a phrase that people have used and then backed away from over...

Fellowship calling it a, quote, mistake after major backlash, one of the biggest government leakers of all time after former acting cia director michael morrell resigned his post at the prestigious university over the move. mike pompeo pulling out of speaking engagements calling, quote, and american traitor. >> despite withdrawing the designation the school still inviting the convicted leader to give a speech on campus. >> 20 minutes after the hour this friday morning. the new iphone 10 you have...

Michael morrell, whos the acting director of the cia and who endorsed hillary clinton, says theres no campfire, not even a little spark that there was collusion. i think that matters more to the american people. >> i dont know who youre referring to in terms of -- if theres no evidence at the end of the investigation to suggest it. but what i was asking you about was the allegations made by president trump, specifically that president obama wiretapped donald trump tower. youre on the senate inte...

Is very powerful, gives people a sense in this country of how china feels. former cia director michael morrell was on the show not long ago when there was a spy plane interaction, not even nuclear and he said, war really could be coming. we need to take this seriously. >> it is an extraordinarily sensitive part of the world and weve had to send ships to the straits between taiwan and china to keep them apart because it is so explosive. i dont think were getting into a conflict right away. certai...

To steer the election to donald trump and he would not comment and would only stick to the opening statement. and rex tillerson, the likely secretary of state pick for donald trump. he was very careful. >> manu raju, what mitch mcconnell said today, it is likely some hearings will be held on capitol hill about russia and the u.s. election? >> yeah. thats absolutely right. were expecting that to happen and through the senate armed services committee, john mccain, chairman of that committee and su...