Let me just say that we simply are allowing 3 months for the Congress of the United States--representatives of taxpayers' dollars--to assess, document, and justify additional expenditures that go beyond emergency needs. That is what this is all about.
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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.
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.
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