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Trump administration cherry picking acting intelligence officers

By Raphaël Ramos
Reading time 3 min
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, 20 January 2025.
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, 20 January 2025. © Jim Watson/AFP

The new US administration is doing its best to rid itself of those directors and deputies that it perceives as being too close to the Democrats, and thus less likely to push through its new measures. In some cases, those interim appointments may last.

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