I am all for engagement, we have to recognize reality and what russia is up to. Lou general jack king among our guests, with just over seven days until opponent leaves office, the before obama leaves office, the president is hard at work awarding medals this time to his Vice President , a week after president obama ordered his defense secretary to give mr. Obama a medal of his own. Lou good evening, a busy day on capitol hill. Three confirmation hearings for trump cabinet nominees, retired general james mattis for secretary of defense, broke with trump on the Iranian Nuclear deal. What is what president elect has said about that deal. To dismantle the disastrous deal with iran. I have been in business a long time, i know deal making. And let me tell you, this deal is catastrophic for america, for israel, and for the whole of the middle east. Lou this is what his perspective defense secretary today said. I think it is an imperfect arms control agreement, it is not a friendship treaty, b
I am all for engagement, we have to recognize reality and what russia is up to. Lou general jack king among our guests, with just over seven days until opponent leaves office, the before obama leaves office, the president is hard at work awarding medals this time to his Vice President , a week after president obama ordered his defense secretary to give mr. Obama a medal of his own. Lou good evening, a busy day on capitol hill. Three confirmation hearings for trump cabinet nominees, retired general james mattis for secretary of defense, broke with trump on the Iranian Nuclear deal. What is what president elect has said about that deal. To dismantle the disastrous deal with iran. I have been in business a long time, i know deal making. And let me tell you, this deal is catastrophic for america, for israel, and for the whole of the middle east. Lou this is what his perspective defense secretary today said. I think it is an imperfect arms control agreement, it is not a friendship treaty, b
I am all for engagement, we have to recognize reality and what russia is up to. Lou general jack king among our guests, with just over seven days until opponent leaves office, the before obama leaves office, the president is hard at work awarding medals this time to his Vice President , a week after president obama ordered his defense secretary to give mr. Obama a medal of his own. Lou good evening, a busy day on capitol hill. Three confirmation hearings for trump cabinet nominees, retired general james mattis for secretary of defense, broke with trump on the Iranian Nuclear deal. What is what president elect has said about that deal. To dismantle the disastrous deal with iran. I have been in business a long time, i know deal making. And let me tell you, this deal is catastrophic for america, for israel, and for the whole of the middle east. Lou this is what his perspective defense secretary today said. I think it is an imperfect arms control agreement, it is not a friendship treaty, b
Ranking member of subcommittee for Opening Statement. Thank you, there chairman. And i know mr. Meadows will be here shortly. Federal employees who blow the whistle on waste, fraud and abuse are in the front lines in the effort to ensure that our government functions efficiently and effectively. This committee has a long history of strong bipartisan support for those whistleblowers and i want to thank the chairman, mr. Meadows, for holding todays hearing. Whistleblower protection is rooted in Civil Service protections. Due process and meritbased hiring and promotion free of discrimination, retaliation and political influence form the bedrock of the very whistleblower protections we are concerned about and have been for a long time on this commit even subcommittee. Five years ago, the bipartisan whistleblower protection enhancement act of 2012 significantly strengthened the rights of federal employees who disclose waste, fraud and abuse. This legislation marks substantial progress but a
[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