(MORE: Trump's pick for intelligence director misrepresented role in anti-terror case) "A new Acting Director of National Intelligence will be named shortly," he added. About an hour later, Trumptweetedthat Joseph Maguire, the current director of the national cou...
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence.
Now nominated by the president to succeed Dan Coats as director of national intelligence — a role that requires "extensive national security expertise" bystatuteand an apolitical stance by tradition — Ratcliffe's record of defending the president while criticizing some of...
Gabbard's selection to join Trump's administration continues a shift in political allegiance for the former Democrat, who endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent, during the 2016 presidential campaign andstepped down from her roleas vice chair of the Democratic National Committee to do ...
to CNN: “I brought Colonel Gabbard to meet President Elect Trump in November 2016 for a role in the Administration. It did not work out then, but now we have one of the strongest America First proponents nominated to take charge of an out of control and destructive intelligence community....
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence, a powerful position that sits atop the nation's spy agencies and acts as the president's top intelligence ad
Ratcliffe, who was a GOP congressman from Texas, served asdirector of national intelligencein the final months of Trump's first term, leading the U.S. government's spy agencies during the coronavirus pandemic. He's viewed as a more traditional pick for the role, which requires Senate confirma...
If confirmed, Haines will make history as the first woman to serve as director of national intelligence. She set a similar precedent in 2013, when President Obama named her deputy director of the CIA – and she became the first woman to hold that role. ...
Armstrong, CEO of HyperX Logic. "While we will miss his contributions to our company, our country will be stronger with him in this critical role. His unwavering commitment to public service will undoubtedly make a significant...