Well put it that way. I dont consider myself a journalist. Life of being an interviewer. How do you define readership . Leadership . Thank you for coming. Good to be with you. You have served the country. Equity, aw in private higher calling. How do you compare the military to private equity. I would not agree wholeheartedly, but i feel privileged to be in the private i think itness and privilegestop the and have a famous exercise. So, living in new york, you run around central park and how hard was that . You wear sunglasses and a hat and you go unrecognized. Ask if veterans would please stand up to be recognized so that we could thank you for what you have done in a uniform . I have often said that those all take an oath that they would the in a combat zone. I have often described them as americas new greatest generation. Something tom brokaw shouted in my ears after he heard our soldiers in the first year in iraq in the first year in mosul. And he saw all that they were doing, myria
Lets just leave it this way. All right. David i dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i had a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . David thank you very much for coming. Mr. Petraeus pleasure. David you served our country honorably for quite a while in government. We will talk about that. You are in what i consider a higher calling of mankind, private equity. [laughter] how do you compare being in military and leading troops to private equity . Mr. Petraeus im not sure i would agree with that. I feel very privileged to be in the private equity business. And to be active in academia with speaking on startups, and so forth very it is hard to top of serving ones country in uniform, particularly if you are leading in combat. David you told me this morning you already exercised an hour and a half this morning. I
Lets just leave it this way. All right. David i dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i had a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . David thank you very much for coming. Mr. Petraeus pleasure. David you served our country honorably for quite a while in government. We will talk about that. You are in what i consider a higher calling of mankind, private equity. [laughter] how do you compare being in military and leading troops to private equity . Mr. Petraeus im not sure i would agree with that. I feel very privileged to be in the private equity business. And to be active in academia with speaking on startups, and so forth very it is hard to top of serving ones country in uniform, particularly if you are leading in combat. David you told me this morning you already exercised an hour and a half this morning. I
David i dont consider myself a journalist. No one else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on being an interviewer, even though i had a day job. . How do you define leadership what is it that makes someone tick . David you served our country very honorably for quite a while. Now youre in something i consider a higher calling of mankind, private equity. How do you compare being in the military and leading troops to private equity . Feel honoredeus i to be in academia and speak in academia and speaking with startups and so forth. Hard to tops pretty the extraordinary privilege of serving on the country in uniform, particularly if you are marine our soldiers in and combat. David you are an avid exerciser. Youre living in new york, the run around central park . General petraeus do people recognize you. You can generally run unimpeded and unrecognized. If the veterans in this audience would please stand up so that we can recognize you and thank you for what you have done for
[indiscernible conversation] i call this hearing to order. I would like to welcome our witness. Besident trumps nominee to the next director of National Intelligence. Dan, congratulations on your nomination. Welcome back. I am sure you did not expect to be welcomed back to these holes so soon after your retirement. I would also like to welcome back your wife and my good friend, marcia, and i would like to thank her for sharing you with the rest of us. Ive known both of you for many years and seen firsthand the strength of your relationship that you so thoughtfully described in your statement for the record. Our goal in this hearing is to direct the committee to consider tor coates for the consider him for the nomination. He is already responded to more than 100 questions. Today, of course, members will be able to ask additional questions in both open and closed sessions. Withoats comes to us Honorable Service in the house, the senate, and as an ambassador. Those of us who have had the