PHOTO COLLECTION: Trump Cabinet Ratcliffe

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John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., question John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., questions John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., questions John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
John Ratcliffe, left, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, listens to former Attorney General John Ashcroft giving an introduction of Ratcliffe as he appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

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