[https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/senate-confirms-avril-haines-first-biden-cabinet-member.html "Senate confirms Avril Haines, Biden’s pick to lead U.S. spy agencies"]''</ref> and she was sworn as [[DNI]] the following day by VP [[Kamala Harris]].<ref>''[https://twitter.com/...
That’s why the DNI is, statutorily, supposed to have extensive national security experience – something Ratcliffe sorely lacks. Haines, on the other hand, has extensive national security experience in the executive branch, having served in the White House, at the CIA and at the State ...