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{{Short description|American politician, attorney, and diplomat (born 1943)}}
{{for|the American football player|Daniel Coats (American football)}}
{{redirect|Senator Coats|the New York state senate member|Herbert P. Coats}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Dan Coats
| image               = Dan Coats official DNI portrait.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2017
| office              = 5th [[Director of National Intelligence]]
| president           = [[Donald Trump]]
| deputy              = [[Susan M. Gordon]]
| term_start          = March 16, 2017
| term_end            = August 15, 2019
| predecessor         = [[Mike Dempsey (intelligence)|Mike Dempsey]] (acting)
| successor           = [[Joseph Maguire]] (acting)
| office1             = Chair of the [[United States Congressional Joint Economic Committee|Joint Economic Committee]]
| term_start1         = January 3, 2015
| term_end1           = January 3, 2017
| predecessor1        = [[Kevin Brady]]
| successor1          = [[Pat Tiberi]]
| jr/sr2              = United States Senator
| state2              = [[Indiana]]
| term_start2         = January 3, 2011
| term_end2           = January 3, 2017
| predecessor2        = [[Evan Bayh]]
| successor2          = [[Todd Young]]
| term_start3         = January 3, 1989
| term_end3           = January 3, 1999
| predecessor3        = [[Dan Quayle]]
| successor3          = Evan Bayh
| office4             = [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Germany|United States Ambassador to Germany]]
| president4          = [[George W. Bush]]
| term_start4         = August 15, 2001
| term_end4           = February 28, 2005
| predecessor4        = [[John C. Kornblum]]
| successor4          = [[William R. Timken]]
| state5              = [[Indiana]]
| district5           = {{ushr|IN|4|4th}}
| term_start5         = January 3, 1981
| term_end5           = January 3, 1989
| predecessor5        = Dan Quayle
| successor5          = [[Jill Long Thompson]]
| birth_name          = Daniel Ray Coats
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1943|5|16}}
| birth_place         = [[Jackson, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Marsha Coats|1965}}
| children            = 3
| education           = {{ubl |[[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) |[[Indiana University Indianapolis|Indiana University, Indianapolis]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}
| allegiance          = {{flag|United States}}
| branch              = {{army|United States}}
| rank                = [[Staff Sergeant (United States)|Staff Sergeant]]
| serviceyears        = 1966–1968
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'''Daniel Ray Coats''' (born May 16, 1943) is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat. From 2017 to 2019, he served as the [[Director of National Intelligence]] in the [[First cabinet of Donald Trump|Trump administration]]. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he served as a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Indiana]] from 1989 to 1999 and again from 2011 to 2017. He was the [[United States Ambassador to Germany]] from 2001 to 2005, and a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1981 to 1989. Coats served on the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence while in the U.S. Senate.

Born in [[Jackson, Michigan|Jackson]], [[Michigan]], Coats graduated from [[Wheaton College, Illinois|Wheaton College]] in [[Illinois]] and the [[Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law|Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis]]. He served in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] from 1966 to 1968. Coats represented [[Indiana's 4th congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1981 to 1989. He was appointed to fill the Senate seat vacated by [[Dan Quayle]] following Quayle's [[1988 United States presidential election|election]] as [[Vice President of the United States]]. Coats won the [[1990 United States Senate special election in Indiana|1990 special election]] to serve the remainder of Quayle's unexpired term, as well as the [[1992 United States Senate election in Indiana|1992 election]] for a full six-year term. He did not seek reelection in [[1998 United States Senate election in Indiana|1998]] and was succeeded by Democrat [[Evan Bayh]].

After retiring from the Senate, Coats served as [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Germany|U.S. ambassador to Germany]] from 2001 to 2005 and then worked as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. He was reelected to the Senate by a large margin in [[2010 United States Senate election in Indiana|2010]], succeeding Bayh, who announced his own retirement shortly after Coats declared his candidacy. Coats declined to run for reelection in [[2016 United States Senate election in Indiana|2016]] and was succeeded by [[Todd Young]]. He was nominated as Director of National Intelligence in January 2017, succeeding [[James R. Clapper]].<ref name="DNIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-dan-coats-trump-director-national-intelligence-20170105-story.html |title=Trump selects former Indiana Sen. Coats for top intelligence post|website=Chicagotribune.com|date=January 5, 2017 |access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref> His term in office commenced on March 16, 2017, and ended on August 15, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1155580142225383425| title= Donald J. Trump |date =2019-07-28|publisher=twitter.com|language= en}}</ref><ref name="Steve Holland, Jeff Mason">{{cite web|url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-coats/u-s-spy-chief-coats-to-step-down-in-coming-days-nyt-idUSKCN1UN0QQ| title= Ratcliffe tapped to replace Coats as U.S. spy chief|author = Steve Holland, Jeff Mason |date =2019-07-28|publisher=www.reuters.com|language= en }}</ref><ref name = step>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/28/politics/dan-coats-national-intelligence-director/index.html|title=Dan Coats to step down, Trump tweets, as President announces Ratcliffe will be nominated as next director of national intelligence|date=July 28, 2019|work=CNN|access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2027-dni-daniel-r-coats-resignation-letter|title=DNI Daniel R. Coats Resignation Letter|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=2019-08-18|archive-date=August 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818074727/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2027-dni-daniel-r-coats-resignation-letter|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Coats was born in [[Jackson, Michigan]], the son of Vera (Nora) Elisabeth (née Swanlund) and Edward Raymond Coats. His father was of English and German descent, and his maternal grandparents emigrated from [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/senators/coats.htm |title=Dan Coats ancestry |publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com |access-date=October 11, 2012 |archive-date=January 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105000407/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/senators/coats.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Coats attended local public schools, and graduated from [[Jackson High School (Jackson, Michigan)|Jackson High School]] in 1961. He then studied at [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]] in [[Wheaton, Illinois]], where he earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[political science]] in 1965. At Wheaton, he was an active student athlete on the soccer team. Following his military service, Coats enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (now Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law). Serving as associate editor of the ''Indiana Law Review'', Coats completed his [[Juris Doctor]] in 1972.<ref name="NPR.org 2015">{{cite web |date=March 25, 2015 |title=With Sen. Dan Coats' Retirement, One More Gone From The Old School |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/03/25/395285185/with-sen-dan-coats-retirement-one-more-gone-from-the-old-school |access-date=February 13, 2018 |website=NPR.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Meet DAn |url=http://www.coats.senate.gov/meet-dan/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106014249/http://www.coats.senate.gov/meet-dan/ |archive-date=November 6, 2014 |access-date=November 17, 2014 |website=Dan Coats Official Website}}</ref>

== Career ==
Coats 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.

===Political staffer in Washington (1976–1980)===
From 1976 to 1980, Coats worked for then-Congressman [[Dan Quayle]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] from [[Indiana's 4th congressional district]], as Quayle's district representative.

=== U.S. House of Representatives (1981–1988)===
When Quayle decided to challenge three-term [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] incumbent [[Birch Bayh]] in the [[1980 United States Senate election in Indiana|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.

=== U.S. Senate (1988–1998; 2011–2016)===
{{See also|2010 United States Senate election in Indiana}}
[[File:Dan Coats, official portrait, 112th Congress.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Official Senate portrait, 2011]]
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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 13, 1988 |title=State Demos cautiously eye '90 Senate race |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/106156685/ |access-date=September 2, 2025 |work=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |page=14 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He subsequently won a special election in 1990 for the balance of Quayle's second term,<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Neill |first=John R. |date=November 5, 1990 |title=Old political foes back home to fight for party |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/105987624/ |access-date=September 2, 2025 |work=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |page=26 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 7, 1990 |title=At a glance |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/ |access-date=September 2, 2025 |work=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/60564-coats-and-bayh-finally-set-to-do-battle/ |title=Coats and Bayh finally set to do battle |date=February 4, 2010 |publisher=TheHill |access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref> for his old Senate seat; and on February 16, 2010, Bayh announced his intention to retire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/15/bayh.retirement/ |title=Bayh won't seek Senate re-election |website=CNN.com |access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Citation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230113848/http://www.coats.senate.gov/meet-dan/committees/|title=Committee Assignments|date=December 30, 2016|archive-date=December 30, 2016|url=http://www.coats.senate.gov/meet-dan/committees/ |work=Coats.senate.gov|publisher=[[United States Senate]]|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On February 10, 2010, Coats confirmed that he would return to Indiana to run for the seat held by incumbent Evan Bayh in the 2010 United States Senate election.<ref>{{cite web
 |author=Ryan Elijah 
 |title=Dan Coats Confirms Bid for U.S. Senate 
 |publisher=Indiana's NewsCenter 
 |url=http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/84004092.html 
 |date=February 10, 2010 
 |access-date=February 10, 2010 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212133237/http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/84004092.html 
 |archive-date=February 12, 2010 
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://heraldargus.com/articles/2010/03/23/news/local/doc4ba84238e639b605010529.txt|title=Dan Coats outlines his priorities|last=Flynn, Bridget|date=March 23, 2010|publisher=Herald Argus|access-date=April 1, 2010|archive-date=April 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419225234/http://heraldargus.com/articles/2010/03/23/news/local/doc4ba84238e639b605010529.txt|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bayh had made no previous announcements and was fully expected to run for another term, but after Coats announced his candidacy, Bayh announced his retirement on February 15, 2010. On May 4, 2010, Coats won the Republican primary over State Senator [[Marlin Stutzman]] and former U.S. Representative [[John Hostettler]].<ref name=primary>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/2010/maps/#/Senate/2010/IN |title=The 2010 Results Maps |publisher=Politico.Com |access-date=July 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/senate-republicans-get-their-m.html?wprss=thefix|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716181728/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/senate-republicans-get-their-m.html?wprss=thefix|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2012|title=Coats, Fisher win; NC-Senate to runoff|first=Chris |last=Cillizza|newspaper=Washington Post|date=May 4, 2010|access-date=May 9, 2010}}</ref>

Coats defeated Democratic U.S. Representative [[Brad Ellsworth]] by a 15-point margin to return to the Senate.<ref name="cnn.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/individual/#INS01 | work=CNN | title=State Results - Election Center 2010 - Elections & Politics from CNN.com}}</ref> Coats became the senior senator from Indiana after [[Richard Lugar]] lost a challenge in the 2012 Republican primary election and subsequently was not re-elected to the Senate in 2012. Coats served the remainder of his term with Democrat [[Joe Donnelly]].

=== Counselor (1998–2001) ===
Coats worked as special counsel member in the firm [[DLA Piper|Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand]] in 2000 and 2001. In 2001, Coats was reportedly one of [[George W. Bush]]'s top choices to be [[United States Secretary of Defense|secretary of defense]], a job eventually given to [[Donald Rumsfeld]] who had previously held the post under President [[Gerald Ford]].

===US Ambassador to Germany (2001–2005)===
From August 15, 2001, to February 28, 2005, Coats was [[George W. Bush]]'s [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Germany|ambassador to Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Speeches by Ambassador Coats |url=http://germany.usembassy.gov/germany/coats_speeches.html |publisher=[[United States Ambassador to Germany|United States Diplomatic Mission to Germany]] |access-date=April 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827195257/http://germany.usembassy.gov/germany/coats_speeches.html |archive-date=August 27, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Biography: Daniel R. Coats |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/6087.htm |publisher=[[United States Department of State]] |access-date=April 24, 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref name="iraq">{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,212385,00.html |title=Irak-Kriegspläne: US-Botschafter mahnt die Deutschen – SPIEGEL ONLINE – Nachrichten – Politik |publisher=Spiegel.de |date=September 4, 2002 |access-date=July 12, 2010}}</ref> 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 Berlin|United States Embassy]] in the heart of Berlin next to the [[Brandenburg Gate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://washtimesherald.com/local/x712215748/Coats-Bucshon-to-headline-GOP-dinner |title=Coats, Bucshon to headline GOP dinner » Local News » The Washington Times-Herald |date=May 21, 2010 |publisher=Washtimesherald.com |access-date=July 12, 2010}}</ref>

===Again in private life (2005–2010)===
Coats served as co-chairman of the Washington government relations office of [[King & Spalding]].<ref name="nyt" />

In 2005, Coats drew attention when he was chosen by President George W. Bush to shepherd [[Harriet Miers]]'s failed nomination to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] through the Senate. Echoing Senator [[Roman Hruska]]'s [[Roman Hruska#Mediocrity|famous 1970 speech]] in defense of [[Harrold Carswell]], Coats said to [[CNN]] regarding the nomination: "If [being a] great intellectual powerhouse is a qualification to be a member of the court and represent the American people and the wishes of the American people and to interpret the Constitution, then I think we have a court so skewed on the intellectual side that we may not be getting representation of America as a whole."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Transcripts: American Morning: Miers confirmation battle|url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ltm/date/2005-10-07/segment/04|date=October 7, 2005|access-date=July 10, 2023|website=CNN}}</ref>

In 2007, Coats served as co-chairman of a team of lobbyists for [[Cooper Industries]], a Texas corporation that moved its principal place of business to Bermuda, where it would not be liable for U.S. taxes. In that role, he worked to block Senate legislation that would have closed a tax loophole, worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Cooper Industries.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/us/politics/14coats.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a23|title=A Journey From Lawmaker to Lobbyist and Back Again|first=Eric |last=Lipton|publisher=nyt.com |date= November 13, 2010|access-date=November 15, 2010}}</ref>

=== Director of National Intelligence (2017–2019)===
[[File:Vice President Pence Swears-in Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.webm|thumb|Coats being sworn in as Director of National Intelligence by Vice President [[Mike Pence]] on March 16, 2017]]
On January 5, 2017, Coats was announced as then-[[President-elect of the United States|President]]-elect Donald Trump's nominee for the [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet-level]] position of Director of National Intelligence, to succeed the outgoing [[James R. Clapper]].<ref name="DNIN" /> His confirmation hearing was held on February 28, 2017, by the [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|United States Senate Intelligence Committee]], which approved his nomination on March 9, 2017, with a 13–2 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fox59.com/2017/02/28/former-sen-dan-coats-to-face-question-on-capitol-hill-during-nomination-hearing-for-director-of-national-intelligence/|title=Former Sen. Dan Coats to face questions during nomination hearing for director of national intelligence|author=Matt Smith|work=FOX59 |access-date=March 10, 2017|date=February 28, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Advance">{{cite web |author=Matt McKinney |date=March 9, 2017 |title=Former U.S. Sen. Dan Coats' nomination as director of national intelligence advances to full Senate |url=http://www.theindychannel.com/news/politics/former-us-sen-dan-coats-dni-nomination-advances-to-full-senate |access-date=March 10, 2017 |publisher=The Indy Channel}}</ref> The Senate confirmed his nomination with an 85–12 vote on March 15, 2017, and he was sworn into office on March 16, 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-16/dan-coats-sworn-in-as-national-intelligence-director|title=Dan Coats Sworn in as National Intelligence Director|date=March 16, 2017|website=Bloomberg.com|access-date=May 22, 2017}}</ref>

On July 16, 2018, Coats released a statement affirming the consensus of the [[United States Intelligence Community]] (IC) that the [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|Russian government interfered]] in the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 U.S. presidential election]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/1888-statement-from-dni-coats|title=Statement from DNI Coats|website=Dni.gov|language=en-gb|access-date=July 17, 2018|archive-date=July 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717024045/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/1888-statement-from-dni-coats|url-status=dead}}</ref> a day after the [[2018 Russia–United States Summit]] where President Trump recanted his endorsement of the IC's assessment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/donald-trump-putin-helsinki-summit/index.html|title=Trump sides with Putin over US intelligence|author-link=Jeremy Diamond (journalist)|first=Jeremy |last=Diamond|website=Cnn.com|access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref>

On September 6, 2018, Director Coats denied that he had authored the anonymous [[I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration|op-ed piece from a senior Trump administration official]] that criticized the President which had been published by ''[[The New York Times]]'' the day prior. The day before, [[MSNBC]] host [[Lawrence O'Donnell]] speculated that Coats was the author of the guest essay, which was later revealed to have been written by then-[[United States Department of Homeland Security]] Chief of Staff [[Miles Taylor (security expert)|Miles Taylor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/06/nyt-op-ed-pence-pompeo-809125|title=Trump officials race to deny they authored 'resistance' op-ed|website=Politico.com|date=September 6, 2018 |access-date=July 1, 2022}}</ref>

Coats released the DNI's "Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community" on January 29, 2019, listing the major threats to the United States. The reports states that the "international system is coming under increasing strain amid continuing cyber and WMD proliferation threats, competition in space, and regional conflicts. Among the disturbing trends are hostile states and actors' intensifying online efforts to influence and interfere with elections here and abroad and their use of chemical weapons. Terrorism too will continue to be a top threat to US and partner interests worldwide, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.<ref group="Notes">Terrorists groups listed in order are Sunni Violent Extremists, ISIS, [[Al-Qaeda]], Homegrown Violent Extremists, Shia Actors, Lebanese Hizballah, Violent Ethno-supremacist and Ultranationalist Groups (pp. 10–13).</ref> The development and application of new technologies will introduce both risks and opportunities, and the US economy will be challenged by slower global economic growth and growing threats to U.S. economic competitiveness." In the report, Coats also highlighted the potential negative impacts to US national security as a result of climate change, with this statement: "The United States will probably have to manage the impact of global human security challenges, such as threats to public health, historic levels of human displacement, assaults on religious freedom, and the
negative effects of environmental degradation and climate change."<ref name="DNI">{{Cite report|series=Climate and Security|title=Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community|date=February 13, 2018|access-date=February 24, 2018|url=https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Newsroom/Testimonies/2018-ATA---Unclassified-SSCI.pdf|work=Director of National Intelligence|archive-date=February 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213150210/https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Newsroom/Testimonies/2018-ATA---Unclassified-SSCI.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{rp|4}}

Reporting to Congress in January 2019, the subject advised that Russia acting in concert with their allies will use novel strategies that build on their previous experience in [[Foreign electoral intervention|election meddling]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mak|first=Tim|date=2019-01-29|title=Spy Boss Coats Warns That Russia, Others Plot New Interference Techniques For 2020 |work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/01/29/689636708/spy-boss-coats-warns-russia-others-plot-new-interference-techniques-for-2020|access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref> In July 2019, Coats appointed an election security "czar," [[Shelby Pierson]], to oversee efforts across intelligence agencies. She is the first to have that role.<ref name="npr.org">{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/07/19/743567568/director-of-national-intelligence-dan-coats-appoints-new-election-security-czar|title=Director Of National Intelligence Dan Coats Appoints New Election Security Czar|newspaper=NPR|date=July 19, 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-07-23|last1=Ewing|first1=Philip}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://homelandprepnews.com/stories/34914-pierson-appointed-as-newly-established-ic-election-threats-executive/|title=Pierson appointed as newly established IC Election Threats Executive|date=2019-07-23|website=Homeland Preparedness News|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref> Coats also directed other intelligence agencies to appoint executives to coordinate election security.<ref name="npr.org" />

During his tenure Coats sometimes took public positions that conflicted with Trump's statements or actions. Areas of disagreement included Russia, and particularly Russia's interference in the 2016 election, as well as North Korea and Iran. On July 28, 2019, following multiple anonymous reports that he was about to be let go, Trump announced on Twitter that Coats would depart on August 15 and that he would nominate U.S. Representative [[John Ratcliffe (American politician)|John Ratcliffe]] (R-Texas) to replace him as Director of National Intelligence.<ref name="Steve Holland, Jeff Mason" /><ref name="step" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/us/politics/dan-coats-intelligence-chief-out.html|title=Dan Coats to Step Down as Intelligence Chief; Trump Picks Loyalist for Job|last1=Haberman|first1=Maggie|date=2019-07-28|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-18|last2=Barnes|first2=Julian E.|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|last3=Baker|first3=Peter}}</ref>

Later, it was revealed that Trump had spoken by phone to Ukrainian President [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] on July 25, three days before Trump fired Coats. (Trump was [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|impeached for pressuring Ukraine]].) When the Ukraine scandal came to light, some speculated that Coats's firing had been related to the Ukraine phone call.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Borger |first=Julian |date=September 28, 2019 |title=Trump's Ukraine call sparks new questions over intelligence chief's firing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/27/dan-coats-dni-trump-firing-ukraine |access-date=3 January 2024 |website=[[TheGuardian.com]]}}</ref>

== Political positions ==

===Gun laws===
On multiple occasions, Coats has supported [[gun control]] measures. In 1991, he voted in favor of the Biden-Thurmond Violent Crime Control Act. This act, which did not become law, would have created a waiting period for handgun purchases and placed a ban on assault weapons.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 21, 1991 |title=Text – S.1241 – 102nd Congress (1991–1992): Biden-Thurmond Violent Crime Control Act of 1991 &#124; Congress.gov &#124; Library of Congress |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/senate-bill/1241/text |access-date=January 23, 2017 |website=Congress.gov}}</ref> Subsequently, he supported the [[Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act]] that [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|President]] Clinton signed into law in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |last=Macy |first=Tim |date=February 11, 2010 |title=Dan Coats, Gun Control and the Indiana Senate Primary |url=http://gunowners.org/op02112010tm.htm |access-date=August 10, 2011 |publisher=Gunowners.org}}</ref> The legislation imposed a waiting period before a handgun could be transferred to an individual by a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer. This waiting period ended when the computerized instant check system came online. Coats also supported Feinstein Amendment 1152 to the [[Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act]] of 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=103&session=1&vote=00375 |access-date=August 10, 2011 |publisher=Senate.gov}}</ref> The purpose of the Feinstein Amendment was to "restrict the manufacture, transfer, and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices".<ref>{{cite web |date=November 17, 1993 |title=Bill Summary & Status – 103rd Congress (1993–1994) – S.AMDT.1152 |url=https://www.congress.gov/amendment/103rd-congress/senate-amendment/1152 |website=Congress.gov}}</ref>

In April 2013, Coats was one of 46 senators to vote against passage of a bill which would have expanded background checks for gun buyers. Coats voted with 40 Republicans and five Democrats to stop the passage of the bill.<ref>{{cite news |last=Silver |first=Nate |date=April 18, 2013 |title=Modeling the Senate's Vote on Gun Control |work=The New York Times |url=https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/modeling-the-senates-vote-on-gun-control/}}</ref>

===Taxes===
In 1995, Coats introduced S. 568: Family, Investment, Retirement, Savings, and Tax Fairness Act<ref>{{cite web |author=Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN] |title=Family, Investment, Retirement, Savings, and Tax Fairness Act of 1995 (1995; 104th Congress S. 568) |url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s104-568 |access-date=October 11, 2012 |publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref> which would provide "family tax credits, increase national savings through individual retirement plus accounts, indexing for inflation the income thresholds for taxing social security benefits, etc".<ref>{{USBill|104|S|568}}</ref> The bill did not become law.

===LGBT issues===
In 1993, Coats emerged as an opponent of President Clinton's effort to allow LGBT individuals to serve openly in the armed forces.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schmitt |first=Eric |date=May 12, 1993 |title=Compromise on Military Gay Ban Gaining Support Among Senators |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/12/us/compromise-on-military-gay-ban-gaining-support-among-senators.html}}</ref> Coats was one of the authors of the [[Don't Ask, Don't Tell]] policy and opposed its 2011 repeal. He does not support [[same-sex marriage]] but opposes interference with "[[alternative lifestyle]]s".<ref>{{cite news |last=Salomon |first=Evie |date=October 8, 2010 |title=Indiana US Senate candidates discuss hot topics of this year's election |work=Indiana Daily Student |location=Indiana University |url=http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=77525 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906054313/http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=77525 |archive-date=September 6, 2013}}</ref>

===Russia and Ukraine===
Coats pressed President [[Barack Obama]] to punish Russia harshly for its [[2014 Russian annexation of Crimea|March 2014 annexation of Crimea]].<ref name="CR7117">{{Cite news|date=2017-01-07|title=Donald Trump names Dan Coats national intelligence director |work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38543124|access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref> For this stance, the Russian government banned Coats and several other U.S. lawmakers from traveling to Russia.<ref name="CR7117" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Naylor |first1=Brian |date=January 5, 2017 |title=Trump Picks Ex-Senator, Banned From Russia, As His Intelligence Chief |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/01/05/508417418/trump-picks-ex-senator-banned-from-russia-as-his-intelligence-chief |access-date=June 14, 2017}}</ref>

In January 2019, Coats warned against the alliance between Russia and China.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 29, 2019 |title=Intel chiefs warn of Russia-China alliance as threats grow more complex |work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/intelligence-chiefs-provide-updates-on-worldwide-threats-2019-01-28-live-updates/}}</ref>

===Iran and Iraq===
Coats supported the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] on the grounds of uncovering what he believed to be 
Iraq's [[Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|weapons of mass destruction]].<ref name="iraq" />

Coats opposed the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action|2015 nuclear deal]] between [[Iran]] and six world powers – the U.S., U.K., Russia, France, China, and Germany.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-09-09|title=Sen. Coats: Iran nuclear deal "fatally flawed"|url=https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/sen-coats-iran-nuclear-deal-fatally-flawed|access-date=2023-01-01|website=WRTV Indianapolis|first1=Jordan |last1=Fischer |first2=Katie |last2=Heinz}}</ref> He described Iran as the foremost "[[State-sponsored terrorism|state sponsor of terrorism]]".<ref>[http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10519/Iran-continues-engaging-in-support-for-terrorism-despite-nuclear-deal Iran continues engaging in support for terrorism despite nuclear deal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073717/http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10519/Iran-continues-engaging-in-support-for-terrorism-despite-nuclear-deal |date=February 14, 2018 }}. The Baghdad Post. May 13, 2017.</ref>

During testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee in January 2019, Coats said that [[Iran]] "continues to sponsor terrorism".<ref>{{cite news |date=January 31, 2019 |title=Trump disagrees with his own intelligence team. We catalog the differences |work=[[PolitiFact]] |url=https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/jan/31/trump-disagrees-intelligence-team-catalog-differen/}}</ref> According to Coats, "Iran's regional ambitions and improved military capabilities almost certainly will threaten US interests in the coming year."<ref>{{cite news |date=February 5, 2019 |title=4 key takeaways from Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testimony about Iran |work=USA Today |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/05/dan-coats-iran-intelligence-missiles-nukes-terrorism-syria-yemen-column/2763775002/}}</ref>

===Palestine===
Coats co-sponsored the [[Taylor Force Act]]. The legislation proposes to stop American economic aid to the [[Palestinian Authority]] unless it stops payments to individuals who commit acts of terrorism and to the families of deceased terrorists.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 June 2017 |title=Former Israeli generals warn against US bill slashing funds to PA |work=The Times of Israel |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-israeli-generals-warn-against-us-bill-slashing-funds-to-pa/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tubbs |first1=Ashlyn |date=28 September 2016 |title=Senators introduce Taylor Force Act to cut terror attack funding |publisher=[[KCBD]] |url=https://www.kcbd.com/story/33272315/senators-introduce-taylor-force-act-to-cut-terror-attack-funding}}</ref>

In September 2016, in advance of a [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334|UN Security Council resolution 2334]] condemning [[Israeli settlement]]s in the occupied [[Palestinian territories]], Coats signed an [[AIPAC]]-sponsored letter urging President Barack Obama to veto "one-sided" resolutions against Israel.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 19, 2016 |title=Senate – Aipac |url=https://www.aipac.org/-/media/publications/policy-and-politics/aipac-analyses/issue-memos/2015/text-of-rounds-gillibrand-letter.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019210759/https://www.aipac.org/-/media/publications/policy-and-politics/aipac-analyses/issue-memos/2015/text-of-rounds-gillibrand-letter.pdf |archive-date=October 19, 2016}}</ref>

===Other===
Coats co-sponsored, with former senators [[Edward M. Kennedy]], [[Christopher Dodd]], and [[Jim Jeffords]], S.2206: Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998. This bill, which was enacted into law, "amended the [[Head Start Act]], the [[Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981]], and the [[Community Services Block Grant Act]]{{nbsp}}... in order to provide an opportunity for persons with limited means to accumulate assets."<ref>{{cite web |author=Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN] |title=Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998 (1998; 105th Congress S. 2206) |url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s105-2206 |access-date=October 11, 2012 |publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref>

In 1996, Coats co-sponsored the [[Line Item Veto Act of 1996]], which President Clinton signed into law. The bill allowed the President to "rewrit[e] legislation by vetoing single items of spending or specific tax breaks approved by Congress."<ref>{{cite news |last=Pear |first=Robert |date=June 26, 1998 |title=The Supreme Court: The Opinion – Justices, 6-3, Bar Veto Of Line Items In Bills; See H.I.V. As Disability; Spending At Issue |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/26/us/supreme-court-opinion-justices-6-3-bar-veto-line-items-bills-see-hiv-disability.html}}</ref> In June 1998, The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] declared the law unconstitutional in ''[[Clinton v. City of New York]]'' in a 6–3 decision.

Coats made headlines in August 1998, when he publicly questioned the timing of President [[Bill Clinton]]'s [[Operation Infinite Reach|cruise missile attacks on Afghanistan and Sudan]], suggesting they might be linked to the [[Lewinsky scandal]]: "While there is clearly much more we need to learn about this attack and why it was ordered today, given the president's personal difficulties this week, it is legitimate to question the timing of this action."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Most Lawmakers Support Clinton's Military Strikes |date=August 20, 1998|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/08/20/strike.react/|access-date=July 10, 2023 |website=CNN}}</ref>

==Political campaigns==
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 | percentage = 1.6%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
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 | candidate = Raymond Tirado
 | votes = 7,474
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 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
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 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
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 | percentage = 29.2%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
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 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
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 | percentage = 22.6%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
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 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
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 | percentage = 4.5%
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 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box candidate with party link
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 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | votes      = 697,775
 | percentage = 40.01%
 | change     = -21.64%
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 | party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
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 | percentage = 5.39%
 | change     = +4.27%
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==Personal life==
He is married to Marsha Coats, Indiana's woman representative to the Republican National Committee.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coats|first1=Marsha|title=Unity makes the impossible, possible|url=http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/?u=89fb3de929a99eecb88e6fb27&id=6cbd3d72af |website=Indiana GOP|access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref>

He received the [[Big Brothers Big Sisters of America]]'s Charles G. Berwind Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) Receives Big Brothers Big Sisters' Highest National Honor|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-sen-dan-coats-r-ind-receives-big-brothers-big-sisters-highest-national-honor-158556225.html|access-date=August 13, 2014|publisher=PR Newswire|date=June 12, 2012}}</ref>

In 2015, Coats received the [[Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site]] Advancing American Democracy Award.

Coats is described as a "die-hard [[Chicago Cubs]] fan". He and Marsha Coats went to a Cubs game the day after their wedding.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Clarke|first=Sara|date=February 16, 2017|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Dan Coats|work=Best States|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-02-16/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-dan-coats}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Electoral history of Dan Coats]]

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