Trump's former director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, is set to have his confirmation hearing as Trump's pick for director of the CIA on Wednesday.

The former Texas congressman said the CIA needed to return to its core missions following criticism from Donald Trump the agency was politically biased.

WASHINGTON — Former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, vowed to make the agency more muscular while keeping its work apolitical during his nomination hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday will question President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the CIA on his vision for America's premier spy agency. John Ratcliffe, who served as director of national intelligence during Trump's first term,

John Ratcliffe emerged largely unscathed from a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee that appeared to pave the way for him to serve as the next director of the Central Intelligence

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, John Ratcliffe, promised the Senate Intelligence Committee that he and the agency would increase the focus on China during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Republicans and Democrats praised the former lawmaker and intelligence official, who vowed not to use political loyalty tests at the CIA.

John Ratcliffe, who served as director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term, is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA on his vision for America’s premier spy agency He is a former

John Ratcliffe, 59, is a politician and attorney. Ratcliffe served as the mayor of Heath, Texas, from 2004 to 2012 and as U.S. attorney for eastern Texas from 2007 to 2008. From 2015 to 2020 ...

John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump's ... U.S. attorney and mayor, all in Texas. He is a self-identified "limited government conservative" and has historically focused his attention ...