Coats new US intelligence chief

washington - The US president-elect Donald Trump, the Republican Dan Coats (73) as the head of the various intelligence agencies. He succeeds James Clapper on, as US media reported Thursday. The official announcement is expected next week.

Coats sitting for years in the US Senate for Indiana. In 2014 he spoke out against Russia hard after the crash of flight MH17 in Ukraine where all passengers, including 196 Dutch, were killed. ' The Russians are here for, according involved from our information. But they deny involvement. World leaders must take immediate steps against Russia or accept more similar incidents will follow, '' said Coats then about the plane crash.