Dan Coats: “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 can create a discipline, a way of thinking about these challenges.

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.

Our job is to seek the truth and tell the truth.