Mark Warner

Out of ignorance, he might give away information. I've had heads of our intelligence community say to us they're terrified of showing him information.

We will get Clayton, I hope, confirmed as quickly as possible. We will then move very quickly to get FISA reauthorized.

Clearly, after Hegseth had said, we've destroyed all their capabilities, they still have plenty of missiles and thousands of drones.

But you heard Pete Hegseth's pitch. Let's look at the real facts; 107 days into Donald Trump's war of choice, can anyone make the case that we, or our allies are in a better spot than before this war?

What do you think, though, of the emerging cease-fire and agreement? Because you favored diplomacy?

The idea that we have a 60-day additional negotiation, where does that lead?

National security risk caused because Donald Trump did not put forward Clayton or anyone else that was legitimate until the clock had run out.

He could have nominated Jay Clayton a week ago—and we wouldn't have gone dark.

Yes, I'm still worried.

Listen, if the President can declare victory, so be it.

The regime's leadership is more radical than ever.

If the president can declare victory, so be it.

I don’t deny that this is dangerous.

At the same time, the timing of this announcement raises an obvious question: if the president intended to nominate Mr. Clayton, why spend the last ten days insisting that the Intelligence Community be led by an acting director who lacks…

Any nominee for this role deserves a thorough confirmation process and rigorous questioning before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

The position of Director of National Intelligence is one of the most important national security jobs in government, overseeing the Intelligence Community and serving as the president’s principal intelligence advisor.

I cannot stress enough to you that none of this, none of this needed to happen.

We don't know the answer to that.

The timing of this announcement raises an obvious question: if the president intended to nominate Mr. Clayton, why spend the last ten days insisting that the Intelligence Community be led by an acting director who lacks the extensive…

I have known and respected Jay Clayton for many years and believe he is a capable public servant.

That said, let me be clear – while I am glad to see the president finally come to his senses, before the Senate can take up a FISA extension there needs to be a clear guarantee that Mr. Pulte will not serve as acting DNI

He’s very qualified. I have no idea why the president didn’t nominate him yesterday, we could have found a path and Director Gabbard could have stayed on until he was confirmed. Now the House is out of session.

This is not a problem between Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans, this was the administration throwing a live hand grenade into a critical reauthorization 10 days out.

Pulte’s appointment to replace Gabbard is a 'live hand grenade' disrupting the process.

Does anybody think it makes good sense to give him the keys to the 18 intelligence agencies?