On July 28, Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats submitted his resignation to President Donald Trump. His resignation will be effective August 15, 2019.
The text of his resignation letter appears below:
“Dear Mr. President:
I am grateful to you for providing
me the opportunity to lead the Intelligence Community. Serving our nation as
the Director of National Intelligence and as a member of your national security
team has been a distinct privilege.
I am pleased with the accomplishments the ODNI and the
broader Intelligence Community have achieved. We have established a shared
vision called IC 2025 and focused our initiatives to ensure that the
Intelligence Community is best positioned to address the continuing evolution
of threats facing our nation. I have ensured that we have the capabilities
necessary to protect against those who would do us harm, including through
reauthorization of Section 702 authority, establishment of an election security
executive to support the whole-of-government effort to address threats against
our elections, reforms to the security clearance process, and improvements to
our budget processes. I have overseen the selection of new, extremely capable
leaders across the IC, and within the ODNI, have transformed its focus,
structure, and integration efforts to ensure you have the best, most timely,
and unbiased intelligence possible.
The Intelligence Community is stronger than ever, and increasingly well prepared to meet new challenges and opportunities. As we have previously discussed, I believe it is time for me to move on to the next chapter of my life. Therefore, I hereby submit to you my resignation effective August 15, 2019.”
Source: ODNI
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