Senate Republicans are giving a tepid reaction to President Trump's decision to appoint US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell as acting director of national intelligence
While Grenell received praised from House Republican leaders, Senate Republicans have largely declined to speak out in support of the President's pick for intelligence chief, after Trump announced Wednesday evening that Grenell would replace outgoing acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire.Republican Sen.
"If you're ambassador for some time in a country like Germany, you have a lot of exposure to intel activities and daily briefings and other things and he's a very smart, capable guy," Blunt said.Democrats decried Grenell's selection, arguing he was a partisan and did not have relevant intelligence experience for the role, which was created to in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to help improve coordination in the US intelligence community.
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