Senate confirms Avril Haines as director of national intelligence

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Avril D. Haines, a lawyer and former deputy director of the CIA, as the director of national intelligence. The 84-to-10 vote signaled early bipartisan support for President Biden’s slate of national security nominees.

Haines had played a key role in Biden’s transition and was an early favorite for the position. The office of director of national intelligence was created in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to help coordinate an intelligence apparatus that includes the CIA, the National Security Agency and more than a dozen other organizations.