I am concerned that the impacts of climate change will be the harshest on those countries least responsible for and leas...
climate change is a pressing issue for the United States--for our environmental and economic stability; our energy secur...
we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.
One gaping hole in this process is the lack of strategies to integrate all the overt ways in which our government gets n...
Citizen diplomacy--individual Americans working and volunteering overseas--is an incredibly important tool to build rela...
I hope and expect that Admiral Blair will state clearly that he and other officials of the Obama Administration will kee...
Until we fill this hole and identify who is best suited, across our government, to obtain the information we need to inf...
We all agree the United States should support human rights, but how we achieve that is a fundamental policy question.
I would prefer, if confirmed, to take a look at what the situation is inside before I sign up for one particular solutio...
Our obligation is to get the best intelligence, the best reports to policymakers and the executive branch.
The Director of National Intelligence is one of the most important and demanding jobs in Washington.
I have identified many of these changes as part of a broader return to the rule of law that I have encouraged the Obama ...
It is my hope that the incoming national security team, including the DNI, will develop new interagency processes for de...
I don't think we'll ever be able to use our resources wisely or effectively.
Many of these authorities are overbroad, lack sufficient checks and balances, and otherwise fail to protect the privacy ...
It's against the national interest if it isn't that way.
I congratulate Admiral Denny Blair on his nomination to be our Director of National Intelligence.
I fought hard to remove politics from intelligence and to restore Congress's vital oversight role since I joined the Com...