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Biden Weighs Mike Morell as CIA Chief

November 24, 2020 at 4:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President-elect Joe Biden is strongly considering Mike Morell, the former acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency, to run the CIA,” the Daily Beast reports.

“But those familiar with the process say that other candidates are still in the mix for the position of the nation’s top spy chief.”

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