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Senate confirms new NSA chief

By Travis J. Tritten
Published April 24, 2018 7:27pm ET
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Senate confirms new NSA chief
Army Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee to discuss his qualifications as nominee to be National Security Agency Director and U.S. Cyber Command Commander during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 1. | (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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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