Subject: BREAKING NEWS: National intelligence chief Clapper resigns
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Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:09:27 -0600
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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said today that he turned in his letter of resignation to President Barack Obama the night before and will not stay on through the presidential transition.

Clapper made the revelation during his opening statement in a rare open hearing of the House Intelligence Committee after the panel's ranking Democrat, Adam Schiff, said he had heard rumors that the spy chief - who took on the role in 2010 - might stay on into the Trump administration.

Schiff joked that he hoped Clapper would stay on for "four more years," meaning the entirety of President-elect Donald Trump's term.

Clapper said he "felt pretty good" about handing in his resignation and that he only has 64 more days in office, a thought that pleases his wife.

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