Dan Coats: “The fact is that Congress and the Executive branch have utterly failed to address the debt crisis effectively.”

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.

The warning lights are blinking red.

the warning lights are blinking red

We currently assess that North Korea will seek to retain its WMD capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capabilities because its leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons as critical to regime…