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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo basically no one is going to be in charge of our National Intelligence.
The Deputy Director who was supposed to fill in after Coats....won't be.
Link to tweet
Bloomberg TicToc?Verified account @tictoc · 9m9 minutes ago
JUST IN: Deputy Intelligence Director Sue Gordon will reportedly leave her position following a meeting with Trump
2:41 PM - 8 Aug 2019
Have at us, Vlad.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,723 posts)I know it is a record number and it is done purposely. The Racist Rapist wants to run it all by himself like he did with his business. People say he doesn't understand that our govt isn't run that way but he knows exactly what he is doing. People need to remember how he failed in business and lost $ 1 BILLION+ in 10 years.
Nictuku
(3,630 posts)Princetonian
(1,501 posts)Anon-C
(3,430 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,054 posts)There is literally no one left to appoint.
CanonRay
(14,167 posts)so he can use the intelligence services in his campaign
and Sue Gordon was out when she told him she wouldn't kiss his ass.
moondust
(20,043 posts)Top national security job. No experience necessary.
Will the next real President want Dump's unqualified toadies to stick around in those jobs? Doubt it. Will all the qualified candidates be gone by that time?
onenote
(42,923 posts)Maguire is the Director of the Center for Counterterrorism, a position for which he received unanimous confirmation from the Senate.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,237 posts)And if his "acting" is a placeholder or one of those Mulvaney type deals.
kentuck
(111,111 posts)You are right.
Wounded Bear
(58,833 posts)rsdsharp
(9,262 posts)Putin will tell him what he needs to know.
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