Dan Coats: “I had a good experience with Congressman Dingell, and I know I will have a good experience with you.”

Electoral legitimacy is the essential linchpin of our entire political culture.

You'll need to demonstrate to the American people that the Intelligence Community deserves their utmost confidence as a source of truth and insight.

We have to figure this out.

I believe the top of the list will be to reinforce the prime imperative for our Nation's Intelligence Community: to find the truth and to speak truth to power, without fear of political retribution.