The US director of national intelligence, Dan Coats, has become the latest high-profile figure to leave the Trump administration. President Donald Trump tweeted Coats would step down in mid-August and that he would nominate the Texan congressman John Ratcliffe to replace him.

US intelligence chief Dan Coats is set to resign

United States President Donald Trump nominates John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as the next Director of National Intelligence.

WION Dispatch: Trump nominates John Ratcliffe for intelligence chief

US intelligence chief Dan Coats will leave office on August 15, President Donald Trump announced on Sunday, the latest high-profile departure from his turnover-plagued administration.

US intelligence chief Dan Coats to resign from Trump administration

Given some of his rhetoric in the past, his opponents have urged the US government not to provide him with intelligence briefing

Donald Trump receives first classified intelligence briefing

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