I think what I heard you say is, is that the expenditures to date, the $35 billion distributed across the country regardless of the size of community and so forth, that you are saying that base capabilities are essentially funded to this point, and, therefore, we have the luxury now of focusing more of these grants toward the critical areas?
Coats emphasizes the need to focus grants on critical areas after prior funding.
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You will need to inspire a workforce that has unfortunately been hollowed out by years of firings, and remind them that their mission is critical--and still noble.
One of the first things you can do--at this hearing, even--is to make a strong statement of support for professionalism in the IC and pledge that you will not tolerate politics influencing the analytical process.
I know others have talked about that here today, but when you and I had a chance to talk earlier in the last couple weeks, I mentioned one of my real concerns about China.
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