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| + | '''William Joseph Burns''' is an American retired diplomat who was appointed [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]] in the [[Biden administration]] on 19 March 2021.<ref>''[https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-meets-with-william-burns-biden-nominee-for-cia-director "Durbin Meets With William Burns, Biden Nominee For CIA Director"]''</ref> | ||
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| + | Bill Burns was previously United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2011 to 2014, and in 2009 he was Acting Secretary of State before the Senate confirmation of [[Hillary Clinton]]. He retired from the United States Foreign Service in 2014 after a 32-year diplomatic career.<ref>''[https://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/william-burns-retire-department-of-state-105648 "William Burns to retire"]''</ref> | ||
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| + | From 2014 to 2021, Bill Burns was president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Born | 1956-04-04 Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | US | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | La Salle University, St John's College (Oxford) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Lisa Carty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Council on Foreign Relations/Members, Ditchley/US, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Jeffrey Epstein/Other associates, Macro Advisory Partners/Board, National Endowment for Democracy/Board, WEF/Global Future Council on Geopolitics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Poly Bilderberger US diplomat, US/Deputy Secretary of State
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William Joseph Burns is an American retired diplomat who was appointed Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Biden administration on 19 March 2021.[1]
Bill Burns was previously United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2011 to 2014, and in 2009 he was Acting Secretary of State before the Senate confirmation of Hillary Clinton. He retired from the United States Foreign Service in 2014 after a 32-year diplomatic career.[2]
From 2014 to 2021, Bill Burns was president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
A Document by William Burns
| Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Nyet means Nyet | diplomatic communication | 1 February 2008 | NATO Russia The Great Game Ukraine 2014 Ukraine coup | February 2008 classified diplomatic cable from US ambassador to Russia William J Burns to the State Department about how Russia views NATO involvement in Ukraine |
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilderberg/2015 | 11 June 2015 | 14 June 2015 | Austria Telfs-Buchen | The 63rd meeting, 128 Bilderbergers met in Austria |
| Bilderberg/2016 | 9 June 2016 | 12 June 2016 | Germany Dresden | The 2016 Bilderberg meeting took place in Dresden, Germany. |
| Bilderberg/2017 | 1 June 2017 | 4 June 2017 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 65th Bilderberg Meeting |
| Bilderberg/2018 | 7 June 2018 | 10 June 2018 | Italy Turin Hotel Torino Lingotto Congress | The 66th Bilderberg Meeting, in Turin, Italy, known for months in advance after an unprecedented leak by the Serbian government. |
| Munich Security Conference/2013 | 1 February 2013 | 3 February 2013 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 49th Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2015 | 6 February 2015 | 8 February 2015 | Germany Munich Bavaria | "400 high-ranking decision-makers in international politics, including some 20 heads of state and government as well as more than 60 foreign and defence ministers, met in Munich to discuss current crises and conflicts." |
| Munich Security Conference/2016 | 12 February 2016 | 14 February 2016 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 52nd Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2017 | 17 February 2017 | 19 February 2017 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 53rd Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2018 | 12 February 2018 | 14 February 2018 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 54th Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2019 | 15 February 2019 | 17 February 2019 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events." |
| Munich Security Conference/2023 | 17 February 2023 | 19 February 2023 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists. The real decisions are made by deep politicians behind the scenes, elsewhere. |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2019 | 22 January 2019 | 25 January 2019 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | "The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one." |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting. |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline | Article | 8 February 2023 | Seymour Hersh | Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told Senator Ted Cruz: “Like you, I am, and I think the Administration is, very gratified to know that Nord Stream 2 is now, as you like to say, a hunk of metal at the bottom of the sea” (Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 26 January 2023). |
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