Senate confirms Trump's pick for national intelligence chief

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Senate confirms Trump's pick for national intelligence chief

By RICHARD LARDNER
Mar. 15, 2017 2:24 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's choice for national intelligence director.

Senators voted 85-12 Wednesday to approve the nomination of former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats, making him the fifth person to hold the post created after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Coats replaces James Clapper, who retired at the end of the Obama administration.

As the Trump administration's top intelligence official, Coats will oversee 16 other intelligence agencies that have been harshly criticized at times by Trump president for past failures and their assessment that the Kremlin interfered in the election to help him win.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Coats will be an effective director and also would restore credibility to the U.S. intelligence community.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/18e87dcbe72d47698d9b8c2d0fffa968/trumps-pick-intelligence-chief-clears-hurdle-senate

[pangaia]

1. Looks like ts of dems voted for this guy.

about whom I know almost nothing but must assume that if the autocrats nominated him...........
Well, graduated from Wheaton College..

WIKI---

"According to The Princeton Review's "The Best 351 Colleges", "If the integration of faith and learning is what you want out of a college, Wheaton is arguably the best school in the nation with a Christ-based worldview."

"The mission statement of Wheaton College Graduate School is "To form servant scholars and leaders through exceptional graduate programs for Christ and His Kingdom. The vision statement is: God transforming the world through scholars and practitioners rooted in Christ and equipped for global leadership."

uh oh !!

AND---

For all those who said it looks like McCain is becoming sane..

"Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Coats will be an effective director and also would restore credibility to the U.S. intelligence community."

If I am misguided in my view, feel free to say so....