US Senate approves intelligence chief

By Mark Hosenball and Susan Cornwell
Updated January 21 2021 - 12:29pm, first published 12:26pm
The US Senate has confirmed Avril Haines for the nation's top intelligence job.
The US Senate has confirmed Avril Haines for the nation's top intelligence job.

The US Senate has approved Avril Haines as the director of national intelligence, , making her the first of President Joe Biden's nominees to be approved and the first woman to hold the nation's top intelligence job.

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