About Dan
Daniel Ray Coats was born in Jackson, Michigan in 1943 and is a retired politician and diplomat from Indiana. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989, in the U.S. Senate in two separate periods (1989–1999 and 2011–2017), as United States Ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2005, and as Director of National Intelligence from 2017 to 2019. Since leaving government, he has worked as a senior advisor at the law firm King & Spalding.
Photo: Office of the Director of National Intelligence / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
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Politician / DiplomatMotivationalMilitary and Security ExpertGermany RelationsGun ControlIntelligenceIranNational SecurityNorth KoreaRussia Interference In Elections
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- U.S. House of Representatives member (Indiana)
- U.S. Senator from Indiana
- U.S. Ambassador to Germany
- Director of National Intelligence
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