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Vice President JD Vance Swears In John Ratcliffe as Director of the CIA, Feb. 6, 2025

February 6, 2025 · The White House · 0:02:26

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What happened

Vice President JD Vance administered the oath of office to John Ratcliffe as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency at the White House on February 6, 2025, in a short ceremonial swearing-in carried by the White House. Ratcliffe — a former Director of National Intelligence returning to the intelligence community’s leadership — took the oath as the administration’s intelligence chiefs were installed during the opening confirmation wave.

Why it matters

The ceremony put the CIA under its confirmed director with the Vice President administering the oath — an early marker of how the administration staffed the intelligence community whose work underpins its foreign-policy and border agendas.

Sources: The White House, “Vice President JD Vance Swears In John Ratcliffe as Director of the CIA” (official upload, embedded above; the White House).