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Timothy Roemer: “We need to make sure that the national intelligence director is a director with strength and authority and presidential…”

On the recordAugust 1, 2004
We need to make sure that the national intelligence director is a director with strength and authority and presidential access, not a czar.

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Tim Roemer emphasizes the importance of the national intelligence director's authority.

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