Overview

• Senate Republicans approved Kent’s nomination 52-44, with Sen. Thom Tillis as the lone GOP dissent and all Democrats present voting no.
• A former Army Special Forces Green Beret and CIA officer, Kent served 11 combat tours and honors his late wife’s legacy as a Gold Star spouse.
• Kent will lead the National Counterterrorism Center, which coordinates the nation’s terrorism intelligence across the CIA, FBI and Defense Department.
• During his acting tenure for DNI Tulsi Gabbard, he faced accusations of directing analysts to rewrite assessments to align with administration policies.
• Opponents highlighted his past consulting ties to Proud Boys and white-nationalist figures and his promotion of election-fraud and Jan. 6 conspiracy theories.