ඇමෙරිකානු බුද්ධි අංශ ප්‍රධානි Dan Coats සිය ධූරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වෙයි
අමෙරිකානු ජාතික බුද්ධි අංශ ප්‍රධානී ඩෑන් කෝට්ස් සිය ධූරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වන බව නිවේදනය කර තිබෙනවා.
ඒ අනුව ජනාධිපති ට්‍රම්ප් පරිපාලනය හැරයන, නවතම සාමාජිකයා ඔහු වනු ඇති බව සඳහන් වෙනවා.
ජනාධිපති ඩොනල්ඩ් ට්‍රම්ප් ට්විටර් පණිවිඩයක් නිකුත්කරමින් කියා සිටියේ ඩෑන් කෝට්ස් ලබන මස මැදභාගයේදී ඉල්ලා අස්වීමට නියමිත
අතර ඉන් පසුව ජාතික බුද්ධි අංශ ප්‍රධානී ධූරයට ටෙක්සාස් ප්‍රාන්ත කොංග්‍රස් සභික ජෝන් රැට්ක්ලිෆ්ගේ නම යෝජනා කරන බවයි.
ජෝන් රැට්ක්ලිෆ් අමෙරිකාවේ විශිෂ්ටත්වය වර්ධනය කිරීමට තම සහයෝගය ලබා දෙනු ඇතැයි ද ජනාධිපති ට්‍රම්ප් වැඩිදුරටත් කියා සිටියා.
I am pleased to announce that highly respected Congressman John Ratcliffe of Texas will be nominated by me to be the Director of National Intelligence. A former U.S. Attorney, John will lead and inspire greatness for the Country he loves. Dan Coats, the current Director, will….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2019
Why has Mr Coats left his post?
In his resignation letter to the president, Mr Coats said America’s intelligence community had become “stronger than ever” during
his two-and-half-year tenure.
“As a result, I now believe it is time for me to move on to the next chapter of my life,” he wrote.
Mr Coats said in February the president had asked him to stay in the post, yet their differences on foreign policy appeared
irreconcilable at times.
In particular, they clashed on Russian interference in US elections, the Iran nuclear deal and Mr Trump’s attempts at
rapprochement with North Korea.
Citing a former senior intelligence official, the Washington Post reported that Mr Coats came to see his departure as inevitable
given his troubled relationship with Mr Trump.
Mr Coats, the former official told the newspaper, felt marginalised by the president on issues of national security.
Last year, the intelligence chief admitted that Mr Trump did not brief him about his behind-closed-doors meeting with Russian
President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.
“If he had asked me how that ought to be conducted, I would have suggested a different way,” Mr Coats said of their summit.
He had laughed in surprise when he heard about a proposed visit of President Putin to the White House, telling crowds at a public
event: “That’s going to be special.”
Mr Coats’ views also diverged from the president’s on North Korea. In January, Mr Coats told Congress North Korea was unlikely
to give up its nuclear weapons, contradicting a statement by Mr Trump that Pyongyang no longer posed a threat.
Who is Dan Coats?
A former diplomat, Mr Coats has served as director of national intelligence since March 2017, when he succeeded James Clapper.
Born in Jackson, Michigan, Mr Coats graduated from two universities with degrees in political science and law in the 1960s.
He served two terms as a senator for Indiana, from 1989 to 1999 and again from 2011 to 2017.
Mr Coats also served as the US ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2005 in between his terms in the Senate.
Who is his replacement?
A prominent supporter of the president and his policies, Mr Ratcliffe has served as the congressman for Texas’ 4th District since
2015.
Mr Trump said Mr Ratcliffe was a “highly respected congressman” who “will lead and inspire greatness for the country he loves”.
Providing his nomination is approved, Mr Ratcliffe’s views are expected to chime with Mr Trump’s more often in his new role.
Last Wednesday, Mr Ratcliffe defended the president during the testimony of former special counsel Robert Mueller, who led a
two-year investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Mr Mueller said he had not exonerated Mr Trump of obstruction of justice, which formed part of his inquiry.
Mr Ratcliffe said the special counsel did not have the authority “to determine Trump’s innocence or to exonerate him”.