“There is no higher priority than keeping America safe, and I will utilise every tool at my disposal to make that happen.”
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Dan Coats
Daniel Ray Coats is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat from the state of Indiana. A Republican, Coats has served in the United States House of Representatives, in the United States Senate, as United States Ambassador to Germany, and as Director of National Intelligence.
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Born 16 May 1943 · Q632321
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2026· 1 entry
2022· 1 entry
GovCon Wire: Latest News Mentioning Dan Coats
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2019· 3 entries
Following multiple anonymous reports that he was about to be let go, Trump announced on Twitter that Coats would depart on August 15 and that he would nominate U
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Listing the major threats to the United States
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“continues to sponsor terrorism”
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2018· 2 entries
Director Coats denied that he had authored the anonymous op-ed piece from a senior Trump administration official that criticized the President which had been published by The New York Times the day prior
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Coats released a statement affirming the consensus of the United States Intelligence Community (IC) that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 U
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2017· 4 entries
And he was sworn into office on March 16, 2017
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By the United States Senate Intelligence Committee, which approved his nomination on March 9, 2017, with a 13–2 vote
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Coats was announced as then-President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for the Cabinet-level position of Director of National Intelligence, to succeed the outgoing James R
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Career landmark: Director of National Intelligence (2017–2019).
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2015· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2015–2017).
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2014· 1 entry
“would require our foreign partners to make a choice between America and Putin.”
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2013· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2013–2015).
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2011· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2011–2013).
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2010· 3 entries
Coats won the Republican primary over State Senator Marlin Stutzman and former U
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Coats confirmed that he would return to Indiana to run for the seat held by incumbent Evan Bayh in the 2010 United States Senate election
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Succeeding Bayh, who announced his own retirement shortly after Coats declared his candidacy
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2007· 1 entry
Coats served as co-chairman of a team of lobbyists for Cooper Industries, a Texas corporation that moved its principal place of business to Bermuda, where it would not be liable for U
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2005· 1 entry
Coats drew attention when he was chosen by President George W
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2001· 2 entries
Coats was reportedly one of George W
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Career landmark: United States Ambassador to Germany (2001–2005).
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1997· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1997–1999).
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1996· 1 entry
Coats co-sponsored the Line Item Veto Act of 1996, which President Clinton signed into law
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1995· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1995–1997).
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1993· 2 entries
Coats emerged as an opponent of President Clinton's effort to allow LGBT individuals to serve openly in the armed forces
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Career landmark: United States senator (1993–1995).
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1991· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (1991–1993).
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Voted in favor of the Biden-Thurmond Violent Crime Control Act
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1990· 1 entry
For the balance of Quayle's second term, and was elected to a full term in 1992
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1989–1991).
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1988· 1 entry
Coats, who had just been elected to a fifth term in the House, was appointed to Quayle's former seat
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1987· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1987–1989).
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1985· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1985–1987).
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1983· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1983–1985).
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1981· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (1981–1983).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1981–1989).
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1980· 1 entry
Coats ran for and won Quayle's seat in the U
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1971· 1 entry
Studied at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Juris Doctor (1971).
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1970· 1 entry
“If [being a] great intellectual powerhouse is a qualification to be a member of the court and represent the American people and the wishes of the American people and to interpret the Constitution, then I think we have a court so skewed on the intellectual side that we may not be getting representation of America as a whole.”
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1965· 1 entry
Studied at Wheaton College, Bachelor of Arts (1965).
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1961· 1 entry
Studied at Jackson High School (1961).
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1943· 1 entry
Born 1943-05-16.
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