Avril Haines

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Avril Haines
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Director of National Intelligence
Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

3

Predecessor


Avril Haines was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the director of national intelligence on January 20, 2021. Haines is the first woman to serve in this post.[1]

She previously was an assistant to the president and principal deputy national security advisor during the Obama administration.[2]

Biography

Haines received a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. She held several positions in government and academic roles, including as a senior research scholar at Columbia University, a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and a member of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service.[2]

She worked on Capitol Hill as deputy chief counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, during then-Sen. Joe Biden's (D) final term as the chairman. She began working in the Obama administration in 2010 as a National Security Council legal advisor. Haines served as the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2013 to 2015 and assistant to the president and principal deputy national security advisor from 2015 to 2017.[2]

Career

Below is an abbreviated outline of Haines' academic, professional, and political career:[2][3]

  • 2021-Present: Director of national intelligence
  • 2015-2017: Assistant to the president and principal deputy national security adviser
  • 2013-2015: Deputy director of the CIA
  • 2010-2013: Deputy assistant to the president
  • 2008-2010: Worked at the State Department
  • 2007-2008: Deputy chief counsel, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • 2003-2006: Worked in Office of the Legal Adviser, State Department
  • 2002-2003: Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • 2001-2002: Hague Conference on Private International Law
  • 2001: Received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center
  • 1992: Received a B.A. in physics from University of Chicago

Nomination for director of national intelligence

See also: Joe Biden presidential transition and Confirmation process for Avril Haines for director of national intelligence
Joe Biden's Cabinet
Candidate: Avril Haines
Position: Director of National Intelligence
ApprovedaAnnounced:November 23, 2020
ApprovedaHearing:January 19, 2021
ApprovedaCommittee:Intelligence (Select)
ApprovedaReported:N/A
ApprovedaConfirmed:January 20, 2021
ApprovedaVote:84-10

The Biden Transition announced on November 23, 2020, that Haines would be nominated for director of national intelligence.[2]

Former CIA Director John Brennan said of her nomination, “The real purpose [of the DNI position] is to have someone who can serve as an effective orchestra conductor of the 17 intelligence agencies, so what comes out is a symphony and not a cacophony. Her easiest job will be to work with the new administration. She knows these people.”[4]

Haines said during her confirmation hearing, "To be effective, the DNI must never shy away from speaking truth to power — even, especially, when doing so may be inconvenient or difficult. To safeguard the integrity of our Intelligence Community, the DNI must insist that, when it comes to intelligence, there is simply no place for politics — ever."[5]

The Senate Intelligence Committee held a confirmation hearing for Haines on January 19, 2021. She was confirmed on January 20, 2021, by a vote of 84-10. She is the first woman to hold this position.

Summary of Senate vote on Avril Haines' nomination for director of national intelligence (January 20, 2021)
Party Votes for Votes against Not voting
Democratic Party Democrats 46 0 2
Republican Party Republicans 36 10 4
Grey.png Independents 2 0 0
Totals 84 10 6


Click on the following table to view the full roll call.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Fox News, "Senate confirms Avril Haines as director of National Intelligence," January 20, 2021
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Biden-Harris Transition, "President-Elect Biden Announces Key Members of Foreign Policy and National Security Team," November 23, 2020
  3. ↑ Columbia Law, "A Top Intelligence Officer Joins the Law School," November 13, 2017
  4. ↑ The Washington Post, "Biden to nominate Avril Haines as next director of national intelligence; she would be the first woman to hold the position," November 23, 2020
  5. ↑ CNN, "Read: Excerpts from Biden's DNI pick Avril Haines' opening statement," January 19, 2021

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