The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as the nation's top intelligence official in a 51-47 party-line vote, installing a permanent director weeks after President Donald Trump delayed his nomination. Clayton, a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman and U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, replaces acting director Bill Pulte, whose temporary tenure drew scrutiny from lawmakers over his lack of intelligence experience and cuts to the agency's workforce.
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