Mark Warner: “My concern, what I am trying to achieve by this succession of amendments, is to provide some uniformity in the process…”

“My concern, what I am trying to achieve by this succession of amendments, is to provide some uniformity in the process designating and selecting the heads of the various--for example, the combat commands, as I refer to them, that was the subject of my earlier amendment. I find that the President's approach in the proposal that he forwarded to the Senate is preferable to my earlier attempt at this. It reads: If the appointment to such position is made by the President, any recommendation to the President to nominate or appoint an individual to such position shall be accompanied by the recommendation of the National Intelligence Director with respect to the [proposed] nomination or appointment.”