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|term_start5 = January 3, 1981|term_end5 = January 3, 1989|predecessor5 = Dan Quayle|successor5 = Jill Long Thompson|birth_name = Daniel Ray Coats194316}}|birth_place = Jackson, Michigan, U.S.|death_date = |death_place = Republican Party (United States)>Republican

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}}|children = 3Wheaton College (Illinois) (Bachelor of Arts>BA)}}Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (Juris Doctor>JD)|website =|signature =|allegiance = |branch = United States Army|rank = Staff Sergeant|serviceyears = 1966–1968pos=centerfilename=DNI Dan Coats Testifies on North Korea and Iran.oggtype=speechUnited States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence>Senate Intelligence Committee on North Korea and IranRecorded January 29, 2019}}}}Daniel Ray Coats (born May 16, 1943) is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat. From 2017 to 2019, he served as the Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1989 to 1999 and again from 2011 to 2017. He was the United States Ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2005, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989. Coats served on the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence while in the U.S. Senate.Born in Jackson, Michigan, Coats graduated from Wheaton College in Illinois and the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. He served in the U.S. Army from 1966 to 1968. Coats represented Indiana’s 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989. He was appointed to fill the Senate seat vacated by Dan Quayle following Quayle’s election as Vice President of the United States. Coats won the 1990 special election to serve the remainder of Quayle’s unexpired term, as well as the 1992 election for a full six-year term. He did not seek reelection in 1998 and was succeeded by Democrat Evan Bayh.After retiring from the Senate, Coats served as U.S. ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2005 and then worked as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. He was reelected to the Senate by a large margin in 2010, succeeding Bayh, who announced his own retirement shortly after Coats declared his candidacy. Coats declined to run for reelection in 2016 and was succeeded by Todd Young. He was nominated as Director of National Intelligence in January 2017, succeeding James R. Clapper.WEB,www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-dan-coats-trump-director-national-intelligence-20170105-story.html, Trump selects former Indiana Sen. Coats for top intelligence post, Chicagotribune.com, January 5, 2017, January 23, 2017, His term in office commenced on March 16, 2017, and ended on August 15, 2019.WEB,twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1155580142225383425, Donald J. Trump, 2019-07-28, twitter.com, en, WEB,www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-coats/u-s-spy-chief-coats-to-step-down-in-coming-days-nyt-idUSKCN1UN0QQ, Ratcliffe tapped to replace Coats as U.S. spy chief, Steve Holland, Jeff Mason, 2019-07-28, www.reuters.com, en, NEWS,www.cnn.com/2019/07/28/politics/dan-coats-national-intelligence-director/index.html, Dan Coats to step down, Trump tweets, as President announces Ratcliffe will be nominated as next director of national intelligence, July 28, 2019, CNN, 28 July 2019, WEB,www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2027-dni-daniel-r-coats-resignation-letter, DNI Daniel R. Coats Resignation Letter, www.dni.gov, 2019-08-18, August 18, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190818074727/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2027-dni-daniel-r-coats-resignation-letter, dead,

Early life and education

Coats was born in Jackson, Michigan, the son of Vera (Nora) Elisabeth (née Swanlund) and Edward Raymond Coats. His father was of English and German descent, and his maternal grandparents emigrated from Sweden.WEB,freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/senators/coats.htm, Dan Coats ancestry, Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com, October 11, 2012, January 5, 2017,freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/senators/coats.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20170105000407freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/senators/coats.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20170105000407freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/senators/coats.htm, dead, Coats attended local public schools, and graduated from Jackson High School in 1961. He then studied at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1965. At Wheaton, he was an active student athlete on the soccer team. Following his military service, Coats enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (now Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law). Serving as associate editor of the Indiana Law Review, Coats completed his Juris Doctor in 1972.WEB, March 25, 2015, With Sen. Dan Coats’ Retirement, One More Gone From The Old School,www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/03/25/395285185/with-sen-dan-coats-retirement-one-more-gone-from-the-old-school, February 13, 2018, NPR.org, WEB, Meet DAn,www.coats.senate.gov/meet-dan/, dead,www.coats.senate.gov/meet-dan/," title="web.archive.org/web/20141106014249www.coats.senate.gov/meet-dan/,">web.archive.org/web/20141106014249www.coats.senate.gov/meet-dan/, November 6, 2014, November 17, 2014, Dan Coats Official Website,

Career

He served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers from 1966 to 1968. He also served as assistant vice president of a Fort Wayne life insurance company.

Political staffer in Washington (1976-1980)

From 1976 to 1980, Coats worked for then-Congressman Dan Quayle, a Republican from Indiana’s 4th congressional district, as Quayle’s district representative.

U.S. House of Representatives (1981-1988)

(File:Congressman Dan Coats.jpg|thumb|left|Dan Coats as a first-term Congressman in 1981)When Quayle decided to challenge three-term Democratic incumbent Birch Bayh in the 1980 U.S. Senate election, Coats ran for and won Quayle’s seat in the U.S. House. He was reelected four times from this Fort Wayne-based district, usually without serious difficulty.

U.S. Senate (1988-1998)

File:U.S. Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) visits Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1996.jpg|thumb|left|Senator Coats visiting Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Bosnia-HerzegovinaBosnia-HerzegovinaWhen Quayle resigned from the Senate after being elected Vice President of the United States in 1988, Coats, who had just been elected to a fifth term in the House, was appointed to Quayle’s former seat. He subsequently won a special election in 1990 for the balance of Quayle’s second term, and was elected to a full term in 1992. Coats declined to run for a second full term in 1998. He served in the Senate until January 1999, at which time he was succeeded by Evan Bayh.

Counselor (1998-2001)

Coats worked as special counsel member in the firm Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand in 2000 and 2001. In 2001, Coats was reportedly one of George W. Bush’s top choices to be secretary of defense, a job eventually given to Donald Rumsfeld who had previously held the post under President Gerald Ford.

US Ambassador to Germany (2001-2005)

(File:Daniel Coats.jpg|thumb|right|Ambassador Daniel Coats)From August 15, 2001, to February 28, 2005, Coats was George W. Bush’s ambassador to Germany.WEB, Speeches by Ambassador Coats,germany.usembassy.gov/germany/coats_speeches.html, United States Ambassador to Germany, United States Diplomatic Mission to Germany, April 24, 2010, dead,germany.usembassy.gov/germany/coats_speeches.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20090827195257germany.usembassy.gov/germany/coats_speeches.html,">web.archive.org/web/20090827195257germany.usembassy.gov/germany/coats_speeches.html, August 27, 2009, WEB, Biography: Daniel R. Coats,2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/6087.htm, United States Department of State, April 24, 2010, As ambassador during the lead-up to the Iraq War, he unsuccessfully pressured the Government of Germany led by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder not to oppose the war, threatening worsened U.S. relations with Germany.WEB,www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,212385,00.html, Irak-Kriegspläne: US-Botschafter mahnt die Deutschen - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Politik, Spiegel.de, September 4, 2002, July 12, 2010, As Ambassador he also played a critical role in establishing robust relations with then opposition leader Angela Merkel, who approved the Iraq war, and in the construction of a new United States Embassy in the heart of Berlin next to the Brandenburg Gate.WEB,washtimesherald.com/local/x712215748/Coats-Bucshon-to-headline-GOP-dinner, Coats, Bucshon to headline GOP dinner » Local News » The Washington Times-Herald, May 21, 2010, Washtimesherald.com, July 12, 2010,

Again in private life (2005-2010)

Coats served as co-chairman of the Washington government relations office of King & Spalding.In 2005, Coats drew attention when he was chosen by President George W. Bush to shepherd Harriet Miers’s failed nomination to the Supreme Court through the Senate. Echoing Senator Roman Hruska’s famous 1970 speech in defense of Harrold Carswell, Coats said to CNN regarding the nomination: “If [being a] great intellectual powerhouse is a qualification to be a member of the court and represent the American people and the wishes of the American people and to interpret the Constitution, then I think we have a court so skewed on the intellectual side that we may not be getting representation of America as a whole.“WEB, Transcripts: American Morning: Miers confirmation battle,edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0510/07/ltm.04.html, October 7, 2005, July 10, 2023, CNN, In 2007, Coats served as co-chairman of a team of lobbyists for Cooper Industries, a Texas corporation that moved its principal place of business to Bermuda, where it would not be liable for U.S. taxes. In that role, he worked to block Senate legislation that would have closed a tax loophole, worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Cooper Industries.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/us/politics/14coats.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a23, A Journey From Lawmaker to Lobbyist and Back Again, Eric, Lipton, nyt.com, November 13, 2010, November 15, 2010,

U.S. Senate (2011-2016)

{{See also|2010 United States Senate election in Indiana}}(File:Dan Coats, official portrait, 112th Congress.jpg|thumb|180px|Official portrait of Senator Coats, 2011)Coats announced on February 3, 2010, he would runWEB,thehill.com/homenews/campaign/60564-coats-and-bayh-finally-set-to-do-battle/, Coats and Bayh finally set to do battle, February 4, 2010, TheHill, January 23, 2017, for his old Senate seat; and on February 16, 2010, Bayh announced his intention to retire.WEB,www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/15/bayh.retirement/, Bayh won’t seek Senate re-election, CNN.com, January 23, 2017, Coats went on to win the seat. In March 2015, he announced that he would not run for reelection in 2016. He served on the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.{{Citation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230113848www.coats.senate.gov/meet-dan/committees/|title=Committee Assignments|date=December 30, 2016|archive-date=December 30, 2016|url=http://www.coats.senate.gov/meet-dan/committees/ |work=Coats.senate.gov|publisher=United States Senate|url-status=dead}}On February 10, 2010, Coats confirmed that he would return to Indiana to run for the seat held by incumbent Evan Bayh in the 2010 United States Senate election.WEB , NEWS,heraldargus.com/articles/2010/03/23/news/local/doc4ba84238e639b605010529.txt, Dan Coats outlines his priorities, Flynn, Bridget, March 23, 2010, Herald Argus, April 1, 2010, April 19, 2012,heraldargus.com/articles/2010/03/23/news/local/doc4ba84238e639b605010529.txt," title="web.archive.org/web/20120419225234heraldargus.com/articles/2010/03/23/news/local/doc4ba84238e639b605010529.txt,">web.archive.org/web/20120419225234heraldargus.com/articles/2010/03/23/news/local/doc4ba84238e639b605010529.txt, dead, Bayh had made no previous announcements and was fully expected to run for another term, but after Coats announced his candidacy, Bayh announced his retirement on February 15, 2010. On May 4, 2010, Coats won the Republican primary over State Senator Marlin Stutzman and former U.S. Representative John Hostettler.WEB,www.politico.com/2010/maps/#/Senate/2010/IN, The 2010 Results Maps, Politico.Com, July 12, 2010, NEWS,voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/senate-republicans-get-their-m.html?wprss=thefix, Coats, Fisher win; NC-Senate to runoff, Chris, Cillizza, Washington Post, May 4, 2010, May 9, 2010, Coats defeated Democratic U.S. Representative Brad Ellsworth by a 15-point margin to return to the Senate.NEWS,www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/individual/#INS01, CNN, State Results - Election Center 2010 - Elections & Politics from CNN.com, Coats became the senior senator from Indiana after Richard Lugar lost a challenge in the 2012 Republican primary election and subsequently was not re-elected to the Senate in 2012. Coats served the remainder of his term with Democrat Joe Donnelly.

Director of National Intelligence (2017-2019)

File:Dan Coats swearing in.jpg|thumb|Coats being sworn in as Director of National Intelligence by Vice President Mike PenceMike PenceOn January 5, 2017, Coats was announced as then-President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for the Cabinet-level position of Director of National Intelligence, to succeed the outgoing James R. Clapper. His confirmation hearing was held on February 28, 2017, by the United States Senate Intelligence Committee, which approved his nomination on March 9, 2017, with a 13–2 vote.WEB,fox59.com/2017/02/28/former-sen-dan-coats-to-face-question-on-capitol-hill-during-nomination-hearing-for-director-of-national-intelligence/, Former Sen. Dan Coats to face questions during nomination hearing for director of national intelligence, Fox59, Matt Smith, March 10, 2017, February 28, 2017, WEB, Matt McKinney, March 9, 2017, Former U.S. Sen. Dan Coats’ nomination as director of national intelligence advances to full Senate,www.theindychannel.com/news/politics/former-us-sen-dan-coats-dni-nomination-advances-to-full-senate, March 10, 2017, The Indy Channel, The Senate confirmed his nomination with an 85–12 vote on March 15, 2017, and he was sworn into office on March 16, 2017.NEWS,www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-16/dan-coats-sworn-in-as-national-intelligence-director, Dan Coats Sworn in as National Intelligence Director, March 16, 2017, Bloomberg.com, May 22, 2017, On July 16, 2018, Coats released a statement affirming the consensus of the United States Intelligence Community (IC) that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election,WEB,www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/1888-statement-from-dni-coats, Statement from DNI Coats, Dni.gov, en-gb, July 17, 2018, July 17, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180717024045/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/1888-statement-from-dni-coats, dead, a day after the 2018 Russia–United States summit where President Trump recanted his endorsement of the IC’s assessment.NEWS,www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/donald-trump-putin-helsinki-summit/index.html, Trump sides with Putin over US intelligence, Jeremy Diamond (journalist), Jeremy, Diamond, Cnn.com, July 17, 2018, On September 6, 2018, Director Coats denied that he had authored the anonymous op-ed piece from a senior Trump Administration official that criticized the President which had been published by The New York Times the day prior. The day before, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell speculated that Coats was the author of the guest essay, which was later revealed to have been written by then-United States Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor.WEB,www.politico.com/story/2018/09/06/nyt-op-ed-pence-pompeo-809125, Trump officials race to deny they authored ‘resistance’ op-ed, Politico.com, September 6, 2018, July 1, 2022, (File:Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, 2018.jpg|thumb|right|Coats in 2018)Coats released the DNI’s “Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community” on January 29, 2019, listing the major threats to the United States. The reports states that the “international system is coming under increasing strain amid continuing cyber and WMD proliferation threats, competition in space, and regional conflicts. Among the disturbing trends are hostile states and actors’ intensifying online efforts to influence and interfere with elections here and abroad and their use of chemical weapons. Terrorism too will continue to be a top threat to US and partner interests worldwide, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.Terrorists groups listed in order are Sunni Violent Extremists, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Homegrown Violent Extremists, Shia Actors, Lebanese Hizballah, Violent Ethno-supremacist and Ultranationalist Groups (pp. 10–13). The development and application of new technologies will introduce both risks and opportunities, and the US economy will be challenged by slower global economic growth and growing threats to U.S. economic competitiveness.” In the report, Coats also highlighted the potential negative impacts to US national security as a result of climate change, with this statement: “The United States will probably have to manage the impact of global human security challenges, such as threats to public health, historic levels of human displacement, assaults on religious freedom, and thenegative effects of environmental degradation and climate change.“REPORT, Climate and Security, Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, February 13, 2018, February 24, 2018,www.dni.gov/files/documents/Newsroom/Testimonies/2018-ATA---Unclassified-SSCI.pdf, Director of National Intelligence, {{rp|4}}File:President Trump Holds a Meeting in the Oval Office (32007462457).jpg|thumb|right|Coats in a meeting with President Donald Trump, John Bolton, and Gina HaspelGina HaspelReporting to Congress in January 2019, the subject advised that Russia acting in concert with their allies will use novel strategies that build on their previous experience in election meddling.NEWS, Mak, Tim, 2019-01-29, Spy Boss Coats Warns That Russia, Others Plot New Interference Techniques For 2020, NPR,www.npr.org/2019/01/29/689636708/spy-boss-coats-warns-russia-others-plot-new-interference-techniques-for-2020, 2023-01-01, In July 2019, Coats appointed an election security “czar,” Shelby Pierson, to oversee efforts across intelligence agencies. She is the first to have that role.NEWS,www.npr.org/2019/07/19/743567568/director-of-national-intelligence-dan-coats-appoints-new-election-security-czar, Director Of National Intelligence Dan Coats Appoints New Election Security Czar, NPR, July 19, 2019, en, 2019-07-23, Ewing, Philip, WEB,homelandprepnews.com/stories/34914-pierson-appointed-as-newly-established-ic-election-threats-executive/, Pierson appointed as newly established IC Election Threats Executive, 2019-07-23, Homeland Preparedness News, 2019-07-23, Coats also directed other intelligence agencies to appoint executives to coordinate election security.During his tenure Coats sometimes took public positions that conflicted with Trump’s statements or actions. Areas of disagreement included Russia, and particularly Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, as well as North Korea and Iran. On July 28, 2019, following multiple anonymous reports that he was about to be let go, Trump announced on Twitter that Coats would depart on August 15 and that he would nominate U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to replace him as Director of National Intelligence.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/us/politics/dan-coats-intelligence-chief-out.html, Dan Coats to Step Down as Intelligence Chief; Trump Picks Loyalist for Job, Haberman, Maggie, 2019-07-28, The New York Times, 2019-08-18, Barnes, Julian E., en-US, 0362-4331, Baker, Peter, Later, it was revealed that Trump had spoken by phone to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on July 25, three days before Trump fired Coats. (Trump was impeached for pressuring Ukraine.) When the Ukraine scandal came to light, some speculated that Coats’s firing had been related to the Ukraine phone call.WEB, Borger, Julian, September 28, 2019, Trump’s Ukraine call sparks new questions over intelligence chief’s firing,www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/27/dan-coats-dni-trump-firing-ukraine, 3 January 2024, TheGuardian.com,

Political positions

Gun laws

On multiple occasions, Coats has supported gun control measures. In 1991, he voted in favor of the Biden-Thurmond Violent Crime Control Act. This act, which did not become law, would have created a waiting period for handgun purchases and placed a ban on assault weapons.WEB, November 21, 1991, Text - S.1241 - 102nd Congress (1991-1992): Biden-Thurmond Violent Crime Control Act of 1991 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress,www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/senate-bill/1241/text, January 23, 2017, Congress.gov, Subsequently, he supported the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that President Clinton signed into law in 1993.WEB, Macy, Tim, February 11, 2010, Dan Coats, Gun Control and the Indiana Senate Primary,gunowners.org/op02112010tm.htm, August 10, 2011, Gunowners.org, The legislation imposed a waiting period before a handgun could be transferred to an individual by a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer. This waiting period ended when the computerized instant check system came online. Coats also supported Feinstein Amendment 1152 to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1993.WEB, U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote,www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=103&session=1&vote=00375, August 10, 2011, Senate.gov, The purpose of the Feinstein Amendment was to “restrict the manufacture, transfer, and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices”.WEB, November 17, 1993, Bill Summary & Status - 103rd Congress (1993 - 1994) - S.AMDT.1152,www.congress.gov/amendment/103rd-congress/senate-amendment/1152, Congress.gov, (File:President Bush Congratulates Judge Alito on Senate Confirmation.jpg|thumb|Coats with President George W. Bush in January 2006)In April 2013, Coats was one of forty-six senators to vote against passage of a bill which would have expanded background checks for gun buyers. Coats voted with 40 Republicans and five Democrats to stop the passage of the bill.NEWS, Silver, Nate, April 18, 2013, Modeling the Senate’s Vote on Gun Control, The New York Times,fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/modeling-the-senates-vote-on-gun-control/,

Taxes

In 1995, Coats introduced S. 568: Family, Investment, Retirement, Savings, and Tax Fairness ActWEB, Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN], Family, Investment, Retirement, Savings, and Tax Fairness Act of 1995 (1995; 104th Congress S. 568),www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s104-568, October 11, 2012, GovTrack.us, which would provide “family tax credits, increase national savings through individual retirement plus accounts, indexing for inflation the income thresholds for taxing social security benefits, etc”.{{USBill|104|S|568}} The bill did not become law.

LGBT issues

In 1993, Coats emerged as an opponent of President Clinton’s effort to allow LGBT individuals to serve openly in the armed forces.NEWS, Schmitt, Eric, May 12, 1993, Compromise on Military Gay Ban Gaining Support Among Senators, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/1993/05/12/us/compromise-on-military-gay-ban-gaining-support-among-senators.html, Coats was one of the authors of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy and opposed its 2011 repeal. He does not support same-sex marriage but opposes interference with “alternative lifestyles”.NEWS, Salomon, Evie, October 8, 2010, Indiana US Senate candidates discuss hot topics of this year’s election, Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University,www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=77525, dead, January 11, 2015,www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=77525," title="web.archive.org/web/20130906054313www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=77525,">web.archive.org/web/20130906054313www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=77525, September 6, 2013,

Russia and Ukraine

Coats pressed President Barack Obama to punish Russia harshly for its March 2014 annexation of Crimea.NEWS, 2017-01-07, Donald Trump names Dan Coats national intelligence director, BBC News,www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38543124, 2023-01-01, For this stance, the Russian government banned Coats and several other U.S. lawmakers from traveling to Russia.NEWS, Naylor, Brian, January 5, 2017, Trump Picks Ex-Senator, Banned From Russia, As His Intelligence Chief, NPR,www.npr.org/2017/01/05/508417418/trump-picks-ex-senator-banned-from-russia-as-his-intelligence-chief, June 14, 2017, In January 2019, Coats warned against the alliance between Russia and China.NEWS, January 29, 2019, Intel chiefs warn of Russia-China alliance as threats grow more complex, CBS News,www.cbsnews.com/news/intelligence-chiefs-provide-updates-on-worldwide-threats-2019-01-28-live-updates/,

Iran and Iraq

(File:President Donald J. Trump Signs H.R. 374, H.R. 510, H.R. 873, and H.R. 2430 into Law.jpg|thumb|Coats with President Donald Trump in August 2017)Coats supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq on the grounds of uncovering what he believed to be Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction.Coats opposed the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers – the U.S., U.K., Russia, France, China, and Germany.NEWS, 2015-09-09, Sen. Coats: Iran nuclear deal “fatally flawed”,www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/sen-coats-iran-nuclear-deal-fatally-flawed, 2023-01-01, WRTV Indianapolis, Jordan, Fischer, Katie, Heinz, He described Iran as the foremost “state sponsor of terrorism”.Iran continues engaging in support for terrorism despite nuclear deal {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073717www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10519/Iran-continues-engaging-in-support-for-terrorism-despite-nuclear-deal |date=February 14, 2018 }}. The Baghdad Post. May 13, 2017.During testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee in January 2019, Coats said that Iran “continues to sponsor terrorism”.NEWS, January 31, 2019, Trump disagrees with his own intelligence team. We catalog the differences, PolitiFact,www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/jan/31/trump-disagrees-intelligence-team-catalog-differen/, According to Coats, “Iran’s regional ambitions and improved military capabilities almost certainly will threaten US interests in the coming year.“NEWS, February 5, 2019, 4 key takeaways from Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testimony about Iran, USA Today,eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/05/dan-coats-iran-intelligence-missiles-nukes-terrorism-syria-yemen-column/2763775002/,

Palestine

Coats co-sponsored the Taylor Force Act. The legislation proposes to stop American economic aid to the Palestinian Authority unless it stops payments to individuals who commit acts of terrorism and to the families of deceased terrorists.NEWS, 23 June 2017, Former Israeli generals warn against US bill slashing funds to PA, The Times of Israel,www.timesofisrael.com/former-israeli-generals-warn-against-us-bill-slashing-funds-to-pa/, NEWS, Tubbs, Ashlyn, 28 September 2016, Senators introduce Taylor Force Act to cut terror attack funding, KCBD,www.kcbd.com/story/33272315/senators-introduce-taylor-force-act-to-cut-terror-attack-funding, In September 2016, in advance of a UN Security Council resolution 2334 condemning Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, Coats signed an AIPAC-sponsored letter urging President Barack Obama to veto “one-sided” resolutions against Israel.NEWS, September 19, 2016, Senate – Aipac,www.aipac.org/-/media/publications/policy-and-politics/aipac-analyses/issue-memos/2015/text-of-rounds-gillibrand-letter.pdf,web.archive.org/web/20161019210759/https://www.aipac.org/-/media/publications/policy-and-politics/aipac-analyses/issue-memos/2015/text-of-rounds-gillibrand-letter.pdf, October 19, 2016,

Other

File:Reuven Rivlin at a meeting with Dan Coates Sunday, September 2017 (4990).jpg|thumb|Coats with Israeli President Reuven RivlinReuven RivlinCoats co-sponsored, with former senators Edward M. Kennedy, Christopher Dodd, and Jim Jeffords, S.2206: Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998. This bill, which was enacted into law, “amended the Head Start Act, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and the Community Services Block Grant Act{{nbsp}}... in order to provide an opportunity for persons with limited means to accumulate assets.“WEB, Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN], Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998 (1998; 105th Congress S. 2206),www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s105-2206, October 11, 2012, GovTrack.us, In 1996, Coats co-sponsored the Line Item Veto Act of 1996, which President Clinton signed into law. The bill allowed the President to “rewrit[e] legislation by vetoing single items of spending or specific tax breaks approved by Congress.“NEWS, Pear, Robert, June 26, 1998, The Supreme Court: The Opinion -- Justices, 6-3, Bar Veto Of Line Items In Bills; See H.I.V. As Disability; Spending At Issue, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/1998/06/26/us/supreme-court-opinion-justices-6-3-bar-veto-line-items-bills-see-hiv-disability.html, In June 1998, The Supreme Court of the United States declared the law unconstitutional in Clinton v. City of New York in a 6–3 decision.Coats made headlines in August 1998, when he publicly questioned the timing of President Bill Clinton’s cruise missile attacks on Afghanistan and Sudan, suggesting they might be linked to the Lewinsky scandal: “While there is clearly much more we need to learn about this attack and why it was ordered today, given the president’s personal difficulties this week, it is legitimate to question the timing of this action.“NEWS, Most Lawmakers Support Clinton’s Military Strikes, August 20, 1998,www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/08/20/strike.react/, July 10, 2023, CNN,

Political campaigns

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Personal life

He is married to Marsha Coats, Indiana’s woman representative to the Republican National Committee.WEB, Coats, Marsha, Unity makes the impossible, possible,us11.campaign-archive2.com/?u=89fb3de929a99eecb88e6fb27&id=6cbd3d72af, Indiana GOP, October 12, 2016, He received the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America’s Charles G. Berwind Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.NEWS, U.S. Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) Receives Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Highest National Honor,www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-sen-dan-coats-r-ind-receives-big-brothers-big-sisters-highest-national-honor-158556225.html, August 13, 2014, PR Newswire, June 12, 2012, In 2015, Coats received the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Advancing American Democracy Award.Coats is described as a “die-hard Chicago Cubs fan”. He and Marsha Coats went to a Cubs game the day after their wedding.NEWS, Clarke, Sara, February 16, 2017, 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Dan Coats, Best States,www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-02-16/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-dan-coats,

See also

• Electoral history of Dan Coats

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• Vice President Pence Participates in a Swearing-in Ceremony for Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, March 16, 2017, White House

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