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Trump Loyalist Confirmed as Director of National Intelligence

Jeff Seldin

   WASHINGTON - One of U.S. President Donald Trump's most vocal supporters
   is set to lead the country's intelligence community,
   overcomingconcernsabout his experience and a bitter partisan divide to
   win Senate confirmation.

   The Senate voted49to44,along party lines,Thursday to confirm Texas
   Representative John Ratcliffe as the next directorof
   nationalintelligence and theU.S.intelligence community's first
   permanent leader since former Director Dan Coats stepped down last
   August.

   During his confirmation hearing earlier this month, Ratcliffe promised
   that he would deliverthe president and top policymakers the
   [1]"unvarnished truth" no matter what they wanted to hear.

   "What anyone wants the intelligence to reflect won't impact the
   intelligence that I deliver," Ratcliffesaid at the time. "It won't be
   shaded for anyone."

   Before Thursday's vote,Republican lawmakers said theybelievedRatcliffe
   was up to the challenge.

References

   1. https://www.voanews.com/usa/us-politics/trump-nominee-lead-us-intelligence-promises-unvarnished-truth

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