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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 23ODNI Begins Staff Cuts Days After Bill Pulte Takes Over as Acting Director
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 23Summary
- Staff reductions began Monday at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, according to a person familiar with the matter.
- Bill Pulte took over the agency only days earlier as acting director after President Donald Trump tapped him to temporarily lead ODNI.
- Pulte also heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency and replaced Tulsi Gabbard, who announced she was stepping down as Trump’s first director of national intelligence.
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With an outsider leading intelligence, what is the true cost of overhauling America's national security apparatus? As America's intelligence community downsizes, what critical global threats might now go unnoticed?