Dan Coats: “But, the 1,500 is a bottom--minimal requirement, regardless----”

ISIS is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in Iraq and Syria.

I don't know what happened in that meeting. I think as time goes by and the president has already mentioned some things that happened in that meeting, I think we will learn more. But that is the president's prerogative. If he had asked me…

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.

we can create a discipline, a way of thinking about these challenges.