Trump aims to shrink ODNI as Pulte takes helm
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President Donald Trump says incoming acting DNI Bill Pulte should shrink the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, prioritizing staff reductions and potentially removing personnel from the Biden and Obama administrations, while pressing for the release of information about the 2020 election; the appointment is temporary, and Republicans are divided over the plan given concerns about national-security expertise and political implications.
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- Trump says Pulte won’t be his nominee for director of national intelligence AP News
- 3 GOP senators vote to bar Pulte from serving as temporary director of national intelligence The Hill
- Trump wants Bill Pulte to fire big chunk of national intelligence office staff: WSJ CNBC
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