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Trump nominates Jay Clayton to serve as director of national intelligence

NPR | By Eric McDaniel,
Steve Inskeep
Published June 12, 2026 at 4:41 AM EDT

President Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, the former chairman of the SEC, to serve as director of national intelligence. It follows a pick for acting director that caused an uproar on Capitol Hill.

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