Dan Coats: “And I would urge you to keep doing that.”

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.

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

I'm here to say the warning lights are blinking red again. Today, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack.

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.