Photo: U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, retired Air Force Lt. Gen James R. Clapper, is pictured in this undated photograph. Credit: Reuters/Department of Defense/HandoutObama Picks Pentagon Official As Intelligence Director -- L.A. Times
James R. Clapper Jr., a retired Air Force general, would be the fourth person in the difficult post.
Reporting from Washington — James R. Clapper Jr., the Pentagon's chief official for intelligence, counterintelligence and security matters, has been chosen to become the next director of national intelligence, a position the White House described as the second-toughest in Washington, officials said Friday.
If confirmed, Clapper, a retired Air Force general, would succeed Dennis C. Blair, who resigned last month. Clapper was an early favorite for the post, and he would become the fourth director and the third to have a military background.
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