Sen. Mark Warner on Bill Pulte being named acting national intelligence director

NPR | By Steve Inskeep

Published June 3, 2026 at 4:39 AM EDT

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence committee, about mortgage chief Bill Pulte's move to acting director of national intelligence.

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Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

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