That you can joined us for a rollout on a report of afghanistan and moving forward. As we were thinking about the president ial transition we thought it was prudent to put together papers for the next president really recommending our way forward that would protect american interests in any number of topics and seemed to us that afghanistan a war that continues 16 years on that it was a critical area where a new administration was going to have to grapple with u. S. Strategy objectives, and the way forward for the campaign. And so, we commissioned chris colenda, here to lead the development of the report. Chris is now president and ceo of the colenda leadership group. Hes also a former military officer four times in afghanistan, once commanding an airborne Infantry Task force in kunar, and has been written up in many case studies and books as a sort of model how counter insurgeoncy can be effective. I was fortunate to have him as my Senior Advisor on policy for afghanistan and pakistan
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