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A Conversation with Bill Burns

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Please join the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs for a conversation with Bill Burns https://carnegieendowment.org/people/william j burns , former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency CIA . Drawing on his long career in intelligence and diplomacy, he will discuss the top national security challenges facing the United States today, including dynamics with Iran, the war in Ukraine, and U.S. relations with China. William J. Burns was the eighth Director of the CIA, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Deputy Secretary of State, and U.S. ambassador to Russia and to Jordan, among other distinguished positions. Ambassador Burns retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2014 after a thirty three year diplomatic career. He holds…

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