Ex-Senator Coats is top candidate for director of national intelligence: NBC News

[January 05, 2017]    (Reuters) - Former Republican Senator Dan Coats of Indiana is the leading candidate to serve as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's director of national intelligence, NBC News reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the discussions.

Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) stops to speak to the news media after a meeting at Trump Tower with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in New York, U.S., November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Coats met with Trump on Nov. 30 at Trump Tower in New York City.

(Reporting by Eric Beech in Washington; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)

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