We need to get this balance right and get rid of turf issues that keep popping up.

I voted against the legislation then, and I believe now that the DNI was given a tremendous amount of responsibility without the requisite authority to do the job.

as this new administration begins to reassert our diplomatic strength and restore America's leadership abroad.

I fought hard to remove politics from intelligence and to restore Congress's vital oversight role since I joined the Committee in 2001.

I think it has a lot of support. So, the earlier we could move in that direction, the better.

It is my hope that the incoming national security team, including the DNI, will develop new interagency processes for developing these strategies, while working closely with Congress.

I hope and expect that Admiral Blair will state clearly that he and other officials of the Obama Administration will keep the full congressional intelligence committees fully and currently informed on all intelligence matters, a statutory…

we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.

Your first duty will be to the Constitution, to the rule of law, and not to the President.

I strongly disagreed, and that included, of course, the granting of immunity to telecommunications companies that allegedly cooperated with the President's warrantless wiretapping program.

Will you commit to making this information publicly available, if you are confirmed...?

I have been very critical of the current administration's fragmented and counterproductive approach to Somalia and the Horn.

Will you pledge the full cooperation of the Department of Justice with this effort?

They were used to justify actions by the executive branch, particularly in the areas of torture and warrantless surveillance, that I believe were illegal and inexcusable.

As Attorney General, will you support efforts to make as much of those FBI policies as public as possible?

I do think there's a strong need for legislation, a law of the land, making it very clear... that this is not tolerable.

I am very pleased that Dr. Susan Rice has been nominated to be our Ambassador to the United Nations.

This decision is an indication of his strong commitment to multilateralism and to collaboration with our friends and our allies.