DNI Nominee Says He Will Use Every Tool to Keep America Safe

President-elect Donald Trump Saturday named former Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) as his choice to be Director of National Intelligence.

Coats recently retired from Congress, where he served as the third-ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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