Trump appoints Bill Pulte as acting intelligence chief
Key takeaways
- Pulte will take over the role of acting director of national intelligence after the departure of Tulsi Gabbard.
- Pulte is currently the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which supervises mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- Pulte will take over the position from Tulsi Gabbard, a former Hawaii congresswoman and foreign wars skeptic who resigned from the job after her husband's cancer diagnosis.
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Pulte will take over the role of acting director of national intelligence after the departure of Tulsi Gabbard. He will be involved in important security matters as the US war with Iran continues.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Ejjb Pulte is a close political ally of Donald Trump and has sought to punish Trump's political opponents Image: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo/picture alliance Advertisement US President Donald Trump named Bill Pulte on Tuesday as the acting director of national intelligence (acting DNI).
Pulte is currently the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which supervises mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The 38-year-old will remain in that role while also taking on the role of acting DNI.