{"id":1172883,"date":"2021-12-30T14:34:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T19:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172883"},"modified":"2021-12-30T14:34:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T19:34:16","slug":"kevin-mccarthy-announces-ohio-rep-mike-turner-will-replace-devin-nunes-on-house-intelligence-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-announces-ohio-rep-mike-turner-will-replace-devin-nunes-on-house-intelligence-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCarthy Announces Ohio Rep. Mike Turner Will Replace Devin Nunes On House Intelligence Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkevin-mccarthy-announces-ohio-rep-mike-turner-will-replace-devin-nunes-on-house-intelligence-committee%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172883&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Ohio Rep. Mike Turner will replace retiring California Rep. Devin Nunes as the lead Republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Turner, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato-pa.int\/members\/turner-michael-r\">served<\/a> as the President of the NATO Assembly from 2014-16, was first placed on the Intelligence Committee in 2015, where he is currently the number two Republican. He also serves on the House Armed Serves Committee. Turner briefly considered running for the Senate seat currently held by retiring Sen. Rob Portman, although he ultimately decided not to enter the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongressman Turner\u2019s commitment to this country is unwavering,\u201d McCarthy said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanleader.gov\/leader-mccarthy-appoints-congressman-michael-turner-as-ranking-member-of-hpsci\/\">statement<\/a> announcing the appointment. \u201cThroughout his long tenure on the Intelligence Committee, Mike established himself as a national security leader and ardent supporter of truth. Mike\u2019s leadership of the committee will continue the great work of Congressman Nunes who has led the committee with integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am proud to appoint <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMikeTurner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMikeTurner<\/a> as Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>His commitment to America is unwavering, and he has established himself as a national security leader and ardent supporter of truth. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KCj83mpz2P\">https:\/\/t.co\/KCj83mpz2P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1476620429099999239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ohio Rep. Brad Wenstrup and Utah Rep. Chris Stewart were also under consideration for the position, Politico previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/08\/house-gop-nunes-exit-523969\">reported<\/a>. Nunes <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/06\/california-rep-devin-nunes-retires-trump-new-media-outlet\/\">announced<\/a> Dec. 6 that he would leave Congress by the end of 2021 and will serve as the chief executive officer of TRUTH Social, a new social media company founded by former President Donald Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/14\/donald-trump-tmtg-truth-social-rumble\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Trump\u2019s Media Company Strikes Deal With Anti-\u2018Cancel Culture\u2019 Video Platform Rumble)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turner is considered one of the more hawkish members of the House Republican Conference. He <a href=\"https:\/\/turner.house.gov\/2021\/4\/turner-statement-on-president-bidens-decision-to-withdraw-troops-from\">opposed<\/a> President Joe Biden\u2019s Afghanistan withdrawal, arguing that it would \u201clead to greater unrest and violence\u201d and \u201cwill only solidify the need for our military presence in this country again in the future.\u201d Turner has also <a href=\"https:\/\/turner.house.gov\/_cache\/files\/3\/e\/3e701a84-19a5-49bb-8d72-6bc8b1544574\/ECE1B1EBBE2D851AF5CFAFF392B6423D.110521-ltr-to-potus-us-aid-to-ukraine-.pdf\">urged<\/a> Biden to take a tougher stance against Russia, including sending weapons and intelligence to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/10\/tucker-carlson-mike-turner-ukraine-russia-troops-fox-news\/\">Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio Rep. Mike Turner will replace retiring California Rep. Devin Nunes as the lead Republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1172883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}