Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York argued the new face for the director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, lacks qualifications for the position. “It seems like a pretty poor choice here,” York said on Fox News’s Special Report Tuesday. President Donald Trump tapped Pulte for the position after the previous director, Tulsi Gabbard, resigned following her husband’s cancer diagnosis.
Pulte is the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but has come under fire for his lack of international security experience.
York cited a clip host John Roberts played from Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), where he said he doesn’t see any of the qualifications that Pulte would have for the position.
“I don’t either,” York agreed. “I’m not sure exactly what explains it.”
York also criticized Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz for dodging questions about Pulte.
