Gov. Greg Abbott, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, business leaders and Texans tabbed for President Donald Trump’s cabinet gathered in Washington last weekend to discuss the new administration.

WASHINGTON — Former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, vowed to make the agency more muscular while keeping its work apolitical during his nomination hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.

Former Texas Congressman and ex-director of national intelligence assumes CIA leadership amid bipartisan Senate approval - Anadolu Ajansı

Former Congressman John Ratcliffe is the nation's new CIA director after the Senate voted 74-25 in favor of his confirmation on Thursday.

The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe, former director of national intelligence, as head of the CIA on Thursday by a 74-25 vote. In November, then-President-elect Donald Trump announced his selection of Ratcliffe as the next director of the intelligence agency.

The former Texas congressman said the CIA needed to return to its core missions following criticism from Donald Trump the agency was politically biased.

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director, approving the second high-level appointment for the new Trump administration.

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet.

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director ... the nation’s premier spy agency. The Texas Republican is a former federal prosecutor who emerged as a fierce ...

The US Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as director of the CIA on Thursday. Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during President Trump's first term

The former Texas lawmaker and prosecutor was Trump's national intelligence director in his first term. He vowed to reject White House political pressure