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    Watch: Senate Considers Intelligence Director Nomination Amid COVID-19 Disaster

    The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has convened an extraordinary hearing to fill the longstanding vacancy atop the U.S. spy world. Watch it here at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
    by Philip Ewing May 05, 2020 3 minutes
    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to the press as the Senate returned into session Monday at the U.S. Capitol.

    The Senate intelligence committee has convened an extraordinary hearing on Tuesday morning at which members are set to consider the nomination of Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, to become the director of national intelligence.

    The session not only is expected to intersect with a number of white-hot political storylines in Washington but also make history simply for taking place amid continued social distancing and other mitigation measures aimed at containing the coronavirus.

    The hearing is scheduled to get underway at 9:30 a.m. ET. Watch it live here

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