Dan Coats actually said...

I absolutely understand that this role demands someone who can stand up to the pressures that will be placed upon him, political pressures.

It's kind of an 'all of above' category here, I think, given the diversity of threats that we have.

Our job is to provide the truth, and power goes to those people who are in a position to make those determinations, make policy, make correc...

I can absolutely say that I have no other obligation except to follow the law on that.