If that comes with the general, ill take it. If it comes with civilian, ill take it. There are too few leaders in either strike. We leave this program now and take out to Dirksen Senate office. There is a confirmation hearing for dan coats, nominee for director of National Intelligence. Dan coats is former u. S. Senator from indian. The chairman of the Intelligence Committee is richard burr of north carolina. This is live coverage on cspan 3. I call this hearing to order. I would like to welcome our witness today, senator dan coats, President Trumps nominee to be the next director of National Intelligence. Dan, congratulations on your nomination and welcome back. Im sure you didnt expect to be walking these halls so soon after your retirement. I would also like to welcome back your wife and my good friend, marcia, and i want to thank her for her support for you and her willingness to share you with the rest of the country. Ive known both of you for many years and ive seen firsthand the
Victims, they are victims. All c span programs available on c span. Home page and searching the video library. The Senate Intelligence Committee Confirmation hearing for dan coats. President trumps pick for National Intelligence. This is two hours. Call this hearing to order. Id like to welcome our witness today. Senator dan coats. President trumps nominee to be the next director of National Intelligence. Dan, graduaticongratulations on nomination and welcome back. Sure you didnt expect to be walking these haul halls so so after your retirement. Also like to welcome back your wife and my good friend, marsha. And i want to thank her for her support for you. And her willingness to share you with the rest of the coup tntry ive known wyou both. Our goal is conducting the committee to consider senator coats qualifications and allow for thoughtful deliberations by members. Hes provided written responses to more than 148 questions presented by the committee and members. Today, of course, memb
[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
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Carlos gimenez joins me next. And the move one republican senator called historic corruption, the president commutes the sentence of a former adviser, convicted of lying and obstructing his work for the trump campaign. In this country they want justice. Is this justice . House Speaker Nancy Pelosi coming up. Next new hello, im dan in bash in for jake tapper where the state of the union is worried about our children. This morning americans are waking up to a shocking image, President Trump wearing a mask in public for the first time during a visit to a military hospital. A strikingly responsible picture after months of downplaying the importance of face coverings, a tool recommended by his own health officials. And despite the president s assessment this week that we are in, quote, a good place, the u. S. Still is breaking unwanted records for new coronavirus cases. And the daily death toll rose this week as states across the southwest struggle to contain outbreaks. There are now nearly