Biden Pick For Intel Chief: 'Biggest Challenge Is Building Trust And Confidence'
Avril Haines began her confirmation hearing by pledging to "never shy from speaking truth to power."
by Mark Katkov
Jan 19, 2021
2 minutes
Updated at 11:25 a.m. ET
Avril Haines, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for director of national intelligence, opened her confirmation hearing Tuesday morning with an implicit criticism of President Trump's management of the country's vast intelligence network.
"When it comes to intelligence," Haines said in her opening statement, "there is simply no place for politics, ever."
As questioning began, both
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