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...President Trump announced Wednesday that Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, will become acting director of national intelligence, in a move that has heartened conservatives eager for new leadership as a series of scandals have plagued the intelligence community.
...Grenell, a Trump loyalist who has a large and active conservative following on Twitter, would take over from the current acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, amid the president's push to remove what he calls bad actors at the highest levels of the FBI and other agencies.
...Added conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt: "Critics of appointment of Richard Grenell must have done better than he has in pressuring Germany to move towards NATO's 2% goal or getting Kosovo and Serbia to an actual agreement? Ric has a great record of success abroad and at U.N. The Left despises him b/c he's effective."
...Last year at the United Nations General Assembly, Grenell unequivocally declared he's "Proud" to serve a president who has achieved the "Perfect balance" between restraint and use of force abroad. He has championed the "Trump Doctrine," defined as the approach of economically pressuring countries - including North Korea, Iran, and China - but leaving them a path to "Change their behavior."
...Grenell has echoed the president's warnings concerning Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant that the White House says represents a growing international security threat.
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