AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Acting DNI Pulte announces 30% staff cut at intelligence office as Senate moves to confirm Clayton
Acting Director of National Intelligence William Pulte announced a fifth wave of staff reductions at the nation's top intelligence office on Tuesday, the same day the Senate prepared to vote on confirming his permanent replacement. Pulte, who took over the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on June 19 at President Trump's direction, posted […] The post Acting DNI Pulte announces 30% staff cut at intelligence office as Senate moves to confirm Clayton appeared first on American Almanac .
Acting Director of National Intelligence William Pulte announced a fifth wave of staff reductions at the nation's top intelligence office on Tuesday, the same day the Senate prepared to vote on confirming his permanent replacement. Pulte, who took over the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on June 19 at President Trump's direction, posted on X that his team was "Executing a 5th and Near Final Round of TERMINATIONS, an approximately 30% Staff Reduction from Weeks Ago." The announcement came just hours before the Senate was slated to vote on confirming Jay Clayton, the U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York, as the permanent DNI nominee. The rapid-fire downsizing, five rounds in roughly a month,…Open