William Burns new CIA Chief is a strong critic of Modi
Burns emphasised the importance of relations with India while criticising Modi over Kashmir and the Citizenship Amendment Act
Monday January 11, 2021 11:13 PM, Arul Louis, IANS
New York: US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named William Burns, who guided the nuclear deal between India and the US but is a strong critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
A former Deputy Secretary of State and a senior director for Near East and South Asian affairs at the National Security Council, and now the President of the think tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, he emphasised the importance of relations with India while criticising Modi over Kashmir and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Though Burns has never served in an intelligence role his highest position was deputy secretary of state he has routinely worked with intelligence officials overseas and has been involved in complex negotiations on issues including nuclear non-proliferation in Iran and the state of democracy in Russia. I developed enormous respect for my colleagues in the CIA, Burns said. I served with them in hard places around the world. I saw firsthand the courage and professionalism that they displayed and the sacrifices that their families made.
Burns graduated from La Salle in 1978, earning a degree in political science in the North Philadelphia college s honors program. He later received advanced degrees in international relations from Oxford University.