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

The Columbus, Ohio, native started his first Washington, D.C. internship on Capitol Hill on Feb. 1, 2021, less than a month after the Jan. 6 attack on Congress. "It was a strange first day," said ...

By TOVAH LAZAROFF Director of the Central Intelligence Agency William Burns testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to American security, on Capitol Hill in ...