The Senate Intelligence Committee voted on March 9 to approve Dan Coats—a former Republican senator and President Donald Trump’s nominee—to become Director of National Intelligence. The closed hearing vote favored Coats 13-2, according to Reuters. Coats still needs to be confirmed by the full Senate to take on the position, which oversees the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the nation’s Intelligence Community. That community consists of 17 agencies and includes the CIA, FBI, and 15 other members of the intel community. We’ve broken them out in this infographic, which will also appear in an upcoming issue of Air Force Magazine.
Hegseth Pitches $3.5 Billion For F-47 in 2026 Budget
June 10, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first trip to Capitol Hill to argue for next year’s Pentagon budget shed new light on funding for some of the Air Force’s top-priority acquisition programs, even as the department continues to hide its 2026 request from view.