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Washington mdash;Richard Grenell, the newly installed acting director of national intelligence, will not dismiss a top election security official whose briefing before the House Intelligence Committee was said to draw the ire of President Trump. stanley mug Ambassador Grenell has not asked me to leave, Shelby Pierson, who serves as the intelligence community election threats executive, said in a statement Tuesday. In fact, he has encouraged and affirmed his support for my position here in the organization. I have not asked to depart nor discussed resignation in any way. Pierson s comments provide a preliminary window into the priorities of an acting director whose appointment stoked intense concerns about politicization and who admitted he would serve in the role only temporarily. Grenell, an outspoken defender of the pre stanley cups sident, has virtually no experience in the intelligence world and appears to have simultaneously retained his responsibilities as U.S. ambassador to Germany. Mr. Trump said last week that he would nominate a permanent candidate very so stanley termohrnek on. Pierson s role at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence ODNI appeared to be in jeopardy after the president learned she delivered a February 13 assessment on, among other things, Russian election interference before lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee. The assessment, which was based on intelligence collected by multiple agencies, indicated that Russia had established Qqhr North Korea expert has message for Trump: Please listen to your advisers
Mike Carlson Updated 1:13 p.m. Eastern TimeInfluential Iowa conservative activist Bob Vander Plaats Tuesday endorsed fellow social conservative Rick Santorum for president, saying, I believe Rick Santorum comes from us, not to us. He is one of us, added Vander Plaats. Vander Plaats made the announcement immediate stanley cup becher ly after the Christian conservative organization group he heads, stanley cup The Family Leade stanley italia r, said it would be staying neutral in the race. Fellow activist Chuck Hurley joined Vander Plaats is offering his personal backing of Santorum immediately after the announcement. Vander Plaats has been signaling support for Newt Gingrich, who gave financial support to the group during its 2010 effort to oust judges in Iowa who voted in favor of same-sex marriage. He has suggested he sees Gingrich as having the best chance to defeat Mitt Romney in the race to become the GOP presidential nominee. But Gingrich has been married three times and admitted infidelity, and many members of the socially-conservative Family Leader, whose membership includes many Iowa pastors and social conservatives, were deeply uncomfortable with supporting him. Bob wants to go with Gingrich, one source told Reuters before the decision was announced. Too many supporters around him think that s utter madness. So they may go their separate ways. The Family Leader s seven-person board met Friday and Monday to discuss an endor
Washington mdash;Richard Grenell, the newly installed acting director of national intelligence, will not dismiss a top election security official whose briefing before the House Intelligence Committee was said to draw the ire of President Trump. stanley mug Ambassador Grenell has not asked me to leave, Shelby Pierson, who serves as the intelligence community election threats executive, said in a statement Tuesday. In fact, he has encouraged and affirmed his support for my position here in the organization. I have not asked to depart nor discussed resignation in any way. Pierson s comments provide a preliminary window into the priorities of an acting director whose appointment stoked intense concerns about politicization and who admitted he would serve in the role only temporarily. Grenell, an outspoken defender of the pre stanley cups sident, has virtually no experience in the intelligence world and appears to have simultaneously retained his responsibilities as U.S. ambassador to Germany. Mr. Trump said last week that he would nominate a permanent candidate very so stanley termohrnek on. Pierson s role at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence ODNI appeared to be in jeopardy after the president learned she delivered a February 13 assessment on, among other things, Russian election interference before lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee. The assessment, which was based on intelligence collected by multiple agencies, indicated that Russia had established Qqhr North Korea expert has message for Trump: Please listen to your advisers
Mike Carlson Updated 1:13 p.m. Eastern TimeInfluential Iowa conservative activist Bob Vander Plaats Tuesday endorsed fellow social conservative Rick Santorum for president, saying, I believe Rick Santorum comes from us, not to us. He is one of us, added Vander Plaats. Vander Plaats made the announcement immediate stanley cup becher ly after the Christian conservative organization group he heads, stanley cup The Family Leade stanley italia r, said it would be staying neutral in the race. Fellow activist Chuck Hurley joined Vander Plaats is offering his personal backing of Santorum immediately after the announcement. Vander Plaats has been signaling support for Newt Gingrich, who gave financial support to the group during its 2010 effort to oust judges in Iowa who voted in favor of same-sex marriage. He has suggested he sees Gingrich as having the best chance to defeat Mitt Romney in the race to become the GOP presidential nominee. But Gingrich has been married three times and admitted infidelity, and many members of the socially-conservative Family Leader, whose membership includes many Iowa pastors and social conservatives, were deeply uncomfortable with supporting him. Bob wants to go with Gingrich, one source told Reuters before the decision was announced. Too many supporters around him think that s utter madness. So they may go their separate ways. The Family Leader s seven-person board met Friday and Monday to discuss an endor