<u+200b>washington<u+2014>director of national intelligence james clapper said thursday that he had submitted his letter of resignation to president barack obama, part of a wave of required moves by top administration officials during the presidential transition. <u+201c>i submitted my letter of resignation last night, which felt pretty good,<u+201d> mr. clapper told lawmakers during a house intelligence committee hearing. <u+201c>i have 64 days left and i think i would have a hard time with my wife with anything past that.<u+201d> <u+200b> spokesman richard kolko said that mr. clapper <u+201c>signed the letter like everybody else, as is tradition<u+201d> and that there was nothing unusual about it. the obama administration is winding down following the election. president-elect donald trump takes office in late january. all senior administration officials have to formally submit a letter of resignation, and more officials will do the same in the coming days. <u+200b> as director of national intelligence for the past six years, mr. clapper has overseen all 17 agencies of the intelligence community, which includes his office. a white house official said mr. clapper intends to stay through the rest of mr. obama<u+2019>s term. rep. adam schiff (d., calif.) said during the hearing that he heard a rumor mr. clapper would be asked to stay on<u+200b><u+201c>a little longer during the transition<u+201d><u+200b> and joked that he hoped he would stay <u+201c>four years longer.<u+201d> <u+2014>carol e. lee contributed to this article write to felicia schwartz at felicia.schwartz@wsj.com and julian barnes at julian.barnes@wsj.com
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