The House speaker's move comes after he removed Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, a defense hawk who advocated for providing aid to Ukraine, from the post.

Ark., of Jonesboro, was appointed chair of the House Intelligence Committee Thursday by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. This follows the removal of Rep. Mike Turner, R-Oh. from the position. Johnson told reporters late Wednesday that he made the decision to remove Turner because the “intelligence community and everything related to [the committee] needs a fresh start,

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson named Representative Rick Crawford on Thursday to chair the House intelligence committee, the latest promotion of an ally of President-elect Donald Trump to a key national security post.