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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Friday that he wants Bill Pulte, his new acting director of national intelligence, to cut the

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  1. Trump taps housing regulator Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence - Boston News, Weather, Sports

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    Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to cut the office - Boston News, Weather, Sports

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  1. NPR

    Trump appoints housing official as acting director of national intelligence (opens NPR)

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    Bill Pulte has shown a willingness to go after the president's perceived enemies.

  2. MyNorthwest

    Trump taps housing finance director Pulte as acting director of national intelligence after Gabbard (opens MyNorthwest)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has tapped federal housing finance Director Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi

  3. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Trump appoints Bill Pulte as acting intelligence director to replace Gabbard | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    President Donald Trump appointed federal housing regulator Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence today, elevating a political loyalist with no national security experience to lead the sprawling U.S. intelligence community at a time of war and global tensions.

  4. NBC4 Washington

    Bill Pulte, housing official behind probes of Trump's foes, tapped as acting spy chief (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    Bill Pulte – who has no known experience in national security – has been tapped by President Trump to replace Tulsi Gabbard as acting intelligence chief.

  5. Fox News

  6. Deutsche Welle

  7. New York Post

    Trump picks Bill Pulte — who once squared off with another cabinet member — as national intel boss, replacing Tulsi Gabbard (opens New York Post)

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    President Trump announced Tuesday he has named Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte acting director of national intelligence, replacing the departing Tulsi Gabbard.

  8. Washington Examiner

    Trump appoints Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence (opens Washington Examiner)

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    President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would appoint Bill Pulte to be the director of national intelligence.

  9. Washington Examiner

    Congress questions Bill Pulte's qualifications to be intelligence chief (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Pulte is the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

  10. Seattle Times

    Trump taps housing regulator Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence (opens Seattle Times)

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    Democrats and Republicans say President Donald Trump

  11. The Guardian

    Trump taps ally Bill Pulte to serve as top intelligence chief (opens The Guardian)

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    US president says head of Federal Housing Finance Agency will serve as acting director days after Gabbard exits role

  12. Talking Points Memo

    Trump Makes Bill Pulte the Acting Director of National Intelligence (opens Talking Points Memo)

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    In case you forgot, Bill Pulte is the Federal Housing Finance Agency head who proved his loyalty to the president by combing through the mortgages of Trump’s…

  13. WHDH Boston

    Trump taps housing regulator Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has tapped Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to serve as acting director of national intelligence

  14. CBS News

    Trump names controversial housing official Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence (opens CBS News)

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    President Trump on Tuesday announced he's tapping housing official Bill Pulte to serve as the acting director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard.

  15. The New Republic

    Trump Taps Shady Housing Chief as Director of National Intelligence (opens The New Republic)

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    Bill Pulte was at the center of many of Trump’s revenge quests against his perceived enemies.

  16. Newsweek

    What to know about acting intelligence director William Pulte (opens Newsweek)

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    President Donald Trump has tapped Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as acting intelligence chief.

  17. West Hawaii Today

    Trump names Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence (opens West Hawaii Today)

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    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday named Bill Pulte, who in his role running a federal housing agency pressed for investigations into the president’s political foes, to serve as the acting director of national intelligence, giving him oversight of U.S. intelligence agencies.

  18. Washington Examiner

    Trump says Bill Pulte won't be permanent pick for intelligence chief (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Trump repeated that Pulte would only serve as DNI in an "acting position" capacity and that he is "not going to be permanent."

  19. MyNorthwest

    Trump says Pulte won’t be his nominee for director of national intelligence (opens MyNorthwest)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that federal housing finance regulator Bill Pulte, his pick for acting director of national

  20. Seattle Times

    Trump says Pulte won’t be permanent director of national intelligence (opens Seattle Times)

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    President Donald Trump says his acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, will not be in the role permanently.

  21. Forbes

    Trump Says Bill Pulte Won’t Be Permanent DNI (opens Forbes)

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    Trump tapped Pulte for the interim position Tuesday.

  22. NBC News

    Trump says Bill Pulte will only serve in an acting capacity as DNI (opens NBC News)

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    President Donald Trump said Thursday that his newly appointed acting Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte, will not take up the position permanently

  23. WHDH Boston

    Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to cut the office - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Friday that he wants Bill Pulte, his new acting director of national intelligence, to cut the

  24. Military.com

    Trump Says He Wants His New Acting Director of National Intelligence to Cut the Office (opens Military.com)

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    The Republican president said in an earlier interview with The Wall Street Journal that he has asked Pulte to start the process of firing employees.

  25. New York Post

    Trump says he wants new acting intel chief Bill Pulte to cut staff: ‘Lot of people that shouldn’t be there’ (opens New York Post)

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    President Trump said Friday he wants incoming acting director of national intelligence Bill Pulte to “start the process” of shrinking the agency’s workforce.

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