Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. When Quayle resigned from the Senate after being elected Vice President of the United States in 1988, Coats, who had just been elected to a fifth term in the House, was appointed to Quayle's former seat. He subsequently won a special election in 1990 for the balance of Quayle's second term, and was elected to a full term in 1992. Coats declined to run for a second full term in 1998. He served in the Senate until January 1999, at which time he was succeeded by Evan Bayh. Coats announced on February 3, 2010, he would run [9] for his old Senate seat; and on February 16, 2010, Bayh announced his intention to retire. [10] Coats went on to win the seat. In March 2015, he announced that he would not run for reelection in 2016. He served on the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. [11] Between U.S. Senate tenures edit Official portrait of Senator Coats, 2011 Speeches by Ambassador Coats". United States Diplomatic Mission to Germany. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009 . Retrieved April 24, 2010. Cillizza, Chris (May 4, 2010). "Coats, Fisher win; NC-Senate to runoff". Washington Post . Retrieved May 9, 2010. Flynn, Bridget (March 23, 2010). "Dan Coats outlines his priorities". Herald Argus. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012 . Retrieved April 1, 2010.

a b "Dan Coats to step down, Trump tweets, as President announces Ratcliffe will be nominated as next director of national intelligence". CNN. July 28, 2019 . Retrieved July 28, 2019. a b Steve Holland, Jeff Mason (July 28, 2019). "Ratcliffe tapped to replace Coats as U.S. spy chief". www.reuters.com. Statement from DNI Coats". Dni.gov. Archived from the original on July 17, 2018 . Retrieved July 17, 2018. From August 15, 2001, to February 28, 2005, Coats was United States ambassador to Germany. [12] [13] As ambassador during the lead-up to the Iraq War, he unsuccessfully pressured the Government of Germany led by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder not to oppose the war, threatening worsened U.S. relations with Germany. [14] As Ambassador he also played a critical role in establishing robust relations with then opposition leader Angela Merkel, who approved the Iraq war, and in the construction of a new United States Embassy in the heart of Berlin next to the Brandenburg Gate. [15] Committee Assignments", Coats.senate.gov, United States Senate, December 30, 2016, archived from the original on December 30, 2016With Sen. Dan Coats' Retirement, One More Gone From The Old School". NPR.org. March 25, 2015 . Retrieved February 13, 2018. Ryan Elijah (February 10, 2010). "Dan Coats Confirms Bid for U.S. Senate". Indiana's NewsCenter. Archived from the original on February 12, 2010 . Retrieved February 10, 2010. Coats is described as a "die-hard Chicago Cubs fan". He and Marsha Coats went to a Cubs game the day after their wedding. [63] See also edit In January 2019, Coats warned against the alliance between Russia and China. [41] Iran and Iraq edit Coats with President Donald Trump in August 2017

He served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers from 1966 to 1968. He also served as assistant vice president of a Fort Wayne life insurance company. Most Lawmakers Support Clinton's Military Strikes". CNN. August 20, 1998 . Retrieved July 10, 2023. key takeaways from Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testimony about Iran". USA Today. February 5, 2019. He received the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America's Charles G. Berwind Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. [62] Coats served as co-chairman of the Washington government relations office of King & Spalding. [17] Director of National Intelligence edit Coats being sworn in as Director of National Intelligence by Vice President Mike Pence on March 16, 2017 Coats in a meeting with President Donald Trump, John Bolton, and Gina Haspel, January 2019During testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee in January 2019, Coats said that Iran "continues to sponsor terrorism". [44] According to Coats, "Iran's regional ambitions and improved military capabilities almost certainly will threaten US interests in the coming year." [45] Palestine edit From 1976 to 1980, Coats worked for then-Congressman Dan Quayle, a Republican from Indiana's 4th congressional district, as Quayle's district representative. When Quayle decided to challenge three-term Democratic incumbent Birch Bayh in the 1980 U.S. Senate election, Coats ran for and won Quayle's seat in the U.S. House. He was reelected four times from this Fort Wayne-based district, usually without serious difficulty.

Text - S.1241 - 102nd Congress (1991-1992): Biden-Thurmond Violent Crime Control Act of 1991 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress". Congress.gov. November 21, 1991 . Retrieved January 23, 2017. Coats defeated Democratic U.S. Representative Brad Ellsworth by a 15-point margin to return to the Senate. [56] Trump disagrees with his own intelligence team. We catalog the differences". PolitiFact. January 31, 2019. Transcripts: American Morning: Miers confirmation battle". CNN. October 7, 2005 . Retrieved July 10, 2023. Trump officials race to deny they authored 'resistance' op-ed". Politico.com. September 6, 2018 . Retrieved July 1, 2022.There has been speculation [29] that Coats's firing as DNI was connected to the intelligence community's response to the Trump telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on July 25, 2019. Coats's dismissal was three days later. This sequence of events was not understood at the time, because details of the call, which resulted in the impeachment inquiry against Trump, were not then yet public. [ citation needed] Political positions edit Gun laws edit He is married to Marsha Coats, Indiana's woman representative to the Republican National Committee. [61]

U.S. Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) Receives Big Brothers Big Sisters' Highest National Honor". PR Newswire. June 12, 2012 . Retrieved August 13, 2014.Jorgen Elofsson (composer); David Kreuger (composer); Per Olof Magnusson (composer); Matteo Saggese (composer) Collected Piano Solos contains 47 advanced arrangements from the Dan Coates Popular Piano Library series. These wonderfully pianistic arrangements lie well under the hands and are a pleasure to play. As with all editions in the series, this book features clear engraving for ease of reading as well as helpful fingering and phrasing indications. This diverse collection of solos is sure to provide accomplished pianists and their audiences with hours of entertainment. On July 16, 2018, Coats released a statement affirming the consensus of the United States Intelligence Community (IC) that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, [21] a day after the 2018 Russia–United States summit where President Trump recanted his endorsement of the IC's assessment. [22]