Senate Confirms President Trump’s Pick for Director of National Intelligence
President Trump’s choice to lead the Office of National Intelligence is confirmed by his former Senate colleagues.
FOX’s Jared Halpern has more from Capitol Hill:
A bipartisan 85 to 12 vote has confirmed Dan Coats to be Director of National Intelligence, a Cabinet-level position overseeing 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.
Coats was twice a Republican Senator from Indiana, serving in the 90’s and then again for a term from 2011 to 2017. In between Senate terms, he served as President George W. Bush’s ambassador to Germany.
The confirmation leaves three Cabinet or Cabinet-level vacancies in the new administration.
On Capitol Hill, Jared Halpern, FOX News.
