Dan Coats: “we are building this agency, and that takes investments and resources.”

I would argue that ours is not working very well and it is--at the moment.

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.

likely to fuel competition for resources, economic distress, and social discontent through 2019 and beyond.

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.