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    Trump picks loyalist to replace Dan Coats as US intelligence chief

    by Chris Megerian and Caroline S. Engelmayer, Los Angeles Times Jul 28, 2019 3 minutes

    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Sunday he was replacing Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, whose views on the threat posed by Russia often conflicted with the president's, with Rep. John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican and Trump loyalist.

    "I am pleased to announce that highly respected Congressman John Ratcliffe of Texas will be nominated by me to be the Director of National Intelligence," Trump tweeted late in the afternoon, hours after Coats was reported to have met with him at

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