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Trump’s new spy chief Jay Clayton confirmed by US Senate
However Clayton's first scheduled appearance before the Senate intelligence committee on 17 June was called off by Trump, who blamed lawmakers for allowing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa) to lapse.
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice-Chair Mark Warner, a Democrat, said afterwards that he "came away from [Clayton's] confirmation hearing with serious reservations about whether he would be willing to stand up to political pressure".
Jay Clayton has been confirmed as the next US director of national intelligence (DNI), after President Donald Trump's original choice was rejected by lawmakers.
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