Senate confirms new NSA chief

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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Trump’s pick to head the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command.

The voice vote means that Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, who had led the Army’s cyber operations, will now take over the country’s leading intelligence and cybersecurity agencies from Adm. Mike Rogers, who held the dual-hatted post for four years and is retiring.

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