President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats to serve as his director of national intelligence, the Associated Press reported Thursday.
Coats served in the Senate for two stints–the first from 1989-1999 and the second starting in 2011–before retiring from his post earlier this week as the 115th Congress was sworn in. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Germany under former President George W. Bush.
Coats will need confirmation from the Senate to succeed outgoing DNI James Clapper as the leading U.S. intelligence official.
