Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. With Sen. Dan Coats' Retirement, One More Gone From The Old School". NPR.org. March 25, 2015 . Retrieved February 13, 2018. Mak, Tim (January 29, 2019). "Spy Boss Coats Warns That Russia, Others Plot New Interference Techniques For 2020". NPR . Retrieved January 1, 2023.

In 1993, Coats emerged as an opponent of President Clinton's effort to allow LGBT individuals to serve openly in the armed forces. [37] 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 lifestyles". [38] Russia edit Trump's Ukraine call sparks new questions over intelligence chief's firing". TheGuardian.com. September 28, 2019. 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." [50] 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. 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. [52] [53] 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. [54] [55]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. 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 2019 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.

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

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During 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 Dan Coats Sworn in as National Intelligence Director". Bloomberg.com. March 16, 2017 . Retrieved May 22, 2017. key takeaways from Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testimony about Iran". USA Today. February 5, 2019. 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 received the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America's Charles G. Berwind Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. [62]