Dan Coats: “We all know that we're focusing exclusively on about 15 percent of the total budget.”

Electoral legitimacy is the essential linchpin of our entire political culture.

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

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.

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.