Avril Haines is the first #Biden cabinet official confirmed after Senate voted tonight 84 to 10 with outgoing intel chair @marcorubio saying earlier he stayed back from #inaugural to help overcome GOP objections to fast-tracking it. Bipartisanship is not dead yet
Senate approves Avril Haines as intel chief as Josh Hawley holds up Homeland Security
Intel chief first Biden nominee to get Senate approval US Senate votes to confirm former CIA official Avril Haines as director of national intelligence, making her the first member of newly-inaugurated President Joe Biden's cabinet to gain approval
Intel chief first Biden nominee to get Senate approval #Breaking #News #GlobalNews
Today in the Senate Intel Committee, DNI nominee Avril Haines and I discussed the importance of taking a long-term view of competition with China and orienting the intelligence community to meet this threat. I look forward to working with her to reestablish US global leadership.
Biden's choice for Director of Nat'l Intelligence, Avril Haines, has 10am confirmation hearing with Senate Intel. She'll tell them "when it comes to intelligence, there is simply no place for politics - ever."
Angus King, who sits on Senate Intel, tells @JohnKingCNN that Trump should be cut off from classified intel when he leaves office, saying there’s “no upside” for doing so and it’d be a “danger” if Trump had access. “That ought to be an easy decision for the incoming president”
Senate postpones confirmation hearing for Biden intel pick Avril Haines@zbasu96 / Axios)
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A damning finding in the senate intel cmte'>GOP-led Senate Intel Cmte report on 2016 election: “...Manafort's presence on the Campaign & proximity to Trump created opportunities for Russian intelligence services to exert influence over & acquire confidential information on the Trump Campaign”
NEW: After assuring the public about the government's coronavirus preparedness, Senate Intel chair Richard Burr, in one day, sold off up to $1.6 million is stock. A week later, the market began its fall. His committee was receiving daily briefings.
Just concluded a great meeting with my Intel team in the Oval Office who told me that what they said on Tuesday at the Senate Hearing was mischaracterized by the media - and we are very much in agreement on Iran, ISIS, North Korea, etc. Their testimony was distorted press....
Senate Intel is wrapping up a three-year bipartisan investigation, and we've found nothing remotely justifying this. Mr. Barr's "investigation" has already jeopardized key international intelligence partnerships. He needs to come before Congress and explain himself.
Senate Intel subpoenas . He’s already testified for 25 hours. But they’re bringing him back based on Michael Cohen’s testimony, a guy who lied to Congress, came back, and lied 7 more times! This is ridiculous. Mueller found no collusion. It’s time to move on.
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