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GOP senator: Trump putting 'American lives at risk' by blocking intelligence director nominee
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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) implored President Trump on Thursday to allow Jay Clayton, his nominee for director of national intelligence, to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, warning that preventing him from doing so “puts American lives at risk.” Trump thre
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