John Ratcliffe

I think on the military front and the intelligence front, the pause that allowed that to happen, I think will go away.

We'll work shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine, as we have to push back on the aggression that's there

the pause will go away

I want to give you a chance to think about that, and you saw the response, that President Zelenskyy put out a statement saying 'I'm ready for peace, and I want Donald Trump's leadership to bring about that peace.'

So I think on the military front and the intelligence front, the pause that allowed that to happen, I think will go away.

President Trump said, is he asked for a pause. In this case, as everyone saw play out, President Trump had a real question about whether President Zelenskyy was committed to the peace process.

President Zelenskyy put out a statement saying, ‘I’m ready for peace and I want Donald Trump’s leadership to bring about that peace.’

On the military front and the intelligence front, the pause that allowed that to happen, will go away and we'll work shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine.

I think on the military front and the intelligence front, the pause that allowed that to happen, I think will go away.

I want us to have all of the tools necessary to go on offense against our adversaries in the cyber community.

agreed on regular contact in order to contribute to the international stability and security, as well as a decrease in confrontation in relations between Moscow and Washington

We're not where we're supposed to be.

To the brave CIA officers listening around the world, if all of that sounds like what you signed up for, then buckle up and get ready to make a difference.

We're not where we're supposed to be.

I would have preferred with someone with military background or intelligence background leading DHS.

There are a lot more sightings that have not been made public.

I think that, you know, as again, there were instances that were documented by the analytic ombudsman that reflect the fact that when it came specifically to China, the country of China, that some of our intelligence and our analytic…

the efforts of this Administration, Dr. Fauci, the WHO and multiple bureaucracies are willfully or ignorantly colluding with the CCP.

I do agree with that.

My informed assessment... is that a lab leak is the only explanation credibly supported by our intelligence.

I don't think it is ever appropriate to ignore the truth.

To be candid, some of the information that came from officials there was inconsistent with what later became intelligence and later became publicly known through open-source intelligence.

Yes, and I think that, you know, as again, there were instances that were documented by the analytic ombudsman that reflect the fact that when it came specifically to China, the country of China, that some of our intelligence and our…

Absolutely, and in the case of China, the intelligence community has publicly addressed China as our top national security threat.

Unfortunately, that hasn't happened the way that we anticipated.