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		</div><p>US President Donald Trump has said his pick for national intelligence director has decided to withdraw from the running.</p>
<p>Mr Trump tweeted that Republican representative John Ratcliffe of Texas had decided to stay in Congress.</p>
<p>Questions about Mr Ratcliffe’s experience have dogged him since Mr Trump announced his candidacy five days ago.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our great Republican Congressman John Ratcliffe is being treated very unfairly by the LameStream Media. Rather than going through months of slander and libel, I explained to John how miserable it would be for him and his family to deal with these people&#8230;.</p>
<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1157352000327180289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Mr Trump did not cite any specific media reports, but tweeted that “rather than going through months of slander and libel”, he would be returning to Capitol Hill.</p>
<p>Mr Trump accepted the resignation of former director of national intelligence Dan Coats last week.</p>
<p>Mr Ratcliffe is a frequent defender of Mr Trump who fiercely questioned former special counsel Robert Mueller during a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week.</p>
<p>Intelligence experts had criticised his lack of experience in the field of intelligence.</p>
<p>Mr Ratcliffe said: <em>“While I am and will remain very grateful to the president for his intention to nominate me as director of national intelligence, I am withdrawing from consideration.</em></p>
<p><em>“I was humbled and honoured that the president put his trust in me to lead our nation’s intelligence operations and remain convinced that when confirmed, I would have done so with the objectivity, fairness and integrity that our intelligence agencies need and deserve.</em></p>
<p><em>“However, I do not wish for a national security and intelligence debate surrounding my confirmation, however untrue, to become a purely political and partisan issue.”</em></p>
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