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Trump Again Selects Rep. John Ratcliffe to Be Intelligence Chief

He was picked for the post last year, but was withdrawn as a candidate over concerns by some on Capitol Hill and in the intelligence community about his qualifications, including fears he would politicize the position.
Trump has nominated John Ratcliffe, a Republican congressman from Texas, as director of national intelligence. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Trump has nominated John Ratcliffe, a Republican congressman from Texas, as director of national intelligence. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—President Trump said he intends to nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe as his director of national intelligence, reviving a selection that foundered last year over concerns about his qualifications and fears he would politicize the nation’s spy apparatus.

On Twitter Friday, the president praised the Texas Republican as “an outstanding man of great talent!”

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