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
One real and one factitiousrr role model. The fictitious one was nancy drew. [laughter] today after the inauguration they marched on the streets of america and the buyer is an expression of fear and anxiety wielding the enormous power with the intellectual capacity walking the 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 your support and willingness to share y. Nown both [inaudible conversations] as a call the hearing to order looking at of nominee director of National Intelligence, uh Trump Nominee congratulations. Welcome back i am sure you did not expect to walk down these also soon after your retirement. But thanks for your wife support to share you with the rest of the country. I have seen firsthand the relationship the iso thoughtfully describe. Simply put its essential to congress to authorize these authorities to help keep the country safe while protecting our constitutional rights. I look
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
Leader, Chuck Schumer. Did Obama White House officials leave a trail to make it easier for congress to investigate russia and the election . Ill ask a man who would know, the former director of National Intelligence under president obama, james clapper. And President Trumps tweet claiming president obama tapped his phones. Can the white house provide evidence, or is the president just trying to get people to stop talking about russia . Joining me for insight and analysis, tom freyiedman from t New York Times. Kim strassel. Democratic polster Cornell Belcher and Danielle Pletka from the American Enterprise institute. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good sunday morning. Its a pretty good bet that the white house hoped and expected that the big story this week would be President Trumps initially well received speech to the nation on tuesday night. Instead, almost immediately the white house was back in a defensive crouch, forced to fight off a parade of new revelations linking the
That meeting. I have recused myself in the matters that deal with the Trump Campaign. That statement by the attorney general on thursday came after the Washington Post revealed sessions met twice last year with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Sessions scrambled to clarify. In retrospect i should have slowed down and said, but i did meet one russia official a couple of times. That would be the ambassador. Sessions met with kislyak on july 18th after speaking to a group of ambassadors at the republican convention. And he met again with the Russian Ambassador at his Senate Office on september 8th, just three days after president obama took a hardline on russian sanctions in a g20 meeting with Vladimir Putin. Since the election mr. Trump and his surrogates have repeatedly denied any contact between the campaign and russian officials. I am just telling you, its all phony baloney garbage. All the contact by the Trump Campaign and associates was with the American People. So youre not aware