Towing the line between diplomat and intelligence agent, Burns's trips to the region are shrouded under a cloak of mystery.

As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back ...

While the United States tries to spy on one of the hardest targets, Burns has also tried to reopen a dialogue with Beijing, ...

according to the terms of the cease-fire and hostage release agreement with Hamas. As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged ...

take it from CIA director William Burns, who’s been leading the U.S. effort to get Hamas to release the hostages: Earlier this month, William J. Burns, C.I.A. director and lead American ...

CIA Director William J. Burns took a speedy tour of the Middle ... Israel and the United States have both blamed Hamas for failing to agree to a proposal that would free about half of the ...

CIA Director William J. Burns, a big gun who was brought in for moments when a ... Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made ...

In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns about Russia, a potential ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, and the resurgence of ...

Ambassador William J. Burns, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss American diplomacy, international cooperation, and Burns’s ...