Dan Coats

• Trump names new acting national intelligence director to replace Dan Coats

  U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday named Joseph Maguire as acting national intelligence director, part of a leadership shake-up at the agency that oversees 17 U.S. spy agencies.

  World

  Aug 8, 2019
  
• Trump drops pick for intelligence chief, says he was treated ‘very unfairly’ by media

  Trump said he would soon announce another nominee to oversee America's 17 civilian and military intelligence agencies.

  World

  Aug 2, 2019
  
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• U.S. director of national intelligence Dan Coats to leave post next month: Trump

  Trump announced Coats' departure as Aug. 15 in a tweet that thanked Coats for his service.

  World

  Jul 28, 2019
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• Trump’s tweets push back against intelligence reports on IS, North Korea

  U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed back against threat assessments offered to Congress by the nation's top intelligence officials

  Politics

  Jan 30, 2019
• Space Force needed to thwart Russian, Chinese anti-satellite laser weapons: Pentagon

  The U.S. Department of Defense says the development of anti-satellite laser weapons by China and Russia is among the key concerns necessitating the need for a U.S. Space Force.

  Science

  Aug 9, 2018
• U.S. intel chief Coats says didn’t mean to disrespect Trump over Putin summit reaction

  Coats issued a statement seeking to control the damage from an interview he gave in which he expressed surprise when the news broke that Trump was planning another Putin summit.

  Politics

  Jul 21, 2018
• ‘Say that again?’: Watch U.S. intelligence chief learn of Putin’s White House invite

  The official was informed about the invite on live television, while he was speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.

  World

  Jul 20, 2018
• U.S. intelligence chief at odds with Trump, says Russia continues to ‘undermine’ country

  National Intelligence Director Dan Coats’ drumbeat of criticism against Russia is clashing loudly with U.S. President Donald Trump’s pro-Kremlin remarks, leaving the soft-spoken spy chief in an uncomfortable — and perhaps perilous — place in the administration.

  Politics

  Jul 19, 2018