Biden’s Envoy for Complex Problems

“When CIA Director William Burns arrived in the United Arab Emirates in May with the U.S. delegation following the U.A.E. president’s death, it was his third visit as spy chief—a reflection not only of the Gulf country’s strategic importance to Washington but also of Mr. Burns’s role in American national-security strategy,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Fifteen months into President Biden’s tenure, Mr. Burns, a veteran diplomat, has assumed a unique place on the president’s team, current and former U.S. officials say. While running the Central Intelligence Agency, he has also become a sort of special envoy for complex problems.”