President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, John Ratcliffe, promised the Senate Intelligence Committee that he and the agency would increase the focus on China during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Ratcliffe, a former Texas representative and director of national intelligence during Trump’s first administration, is expected to be confirmed to run the Central Intelligence Agency next week, once Trump’s second term begins.

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