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The president’s selection of Bill Pulte is both baffling and predictable.
First published in The Atlantic on June 2, 2026.
by David Frum, The Atlantic
June 3, 2026
| reading time: 3 Min.
Bill Pulte does not have a habit of publicly saying admiring things about Vladimir Putin or Bashar al-Assad, so in that one respect his appointment as acting director of national intelligence represents an improvement over Tulsi Gabbard.
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