In 2022, he oversaw the operation that killed the leader of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri. After war broke out between Israel and Hamas in 2023, he became one of the highest-profile members of the Biden administration, shuttling back and forth to the region ...
In an exit interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.