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

Jake Sullivan faced the toughest global challenges of any national security adviser in a half-century. How did he do?

The order “risks abandoning thousands of Afghan wartime allies” who worked with Americans before the Taliban takeover ... As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China ...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of William J. Burns, Jr., 87, of Batavia. Bill passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, surrounded by his family at The Friendly ...

William Burns has witnessed firsthand a dizzying number of international crises. Early in his tenure, in the summer of 2021, he flew to Kabul to negotiate with the Taliban over the U.S. withdrawal ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan’s Taliban freed two Americans ... identified the second American released as William McKenty, though no other details ...

Towing the line between diplomat and intelligence agent, Burns's trips to the region are shrouded under a cloak of mystery. CIA Director William J. Burns departs a classified briefing with members ...