As long as the President sees the intelligence community as a partisan weapon - his personal detective agency, it doesn't matter who he nominates for the position.
John Sipher
Not sure this addresses the concerns about national security experience or politicization (given recent Clayton comments on elections
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Clayton’s nomination comes after an uproar on Capitol Hill over Bill Pulte serving in the role in an acting capacity.