if that comes with the general, i ll take it. if it comes with civilian, i ll 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 c-span 3. i call this hearing to order. i would like to welcome our witness today, senator dan coats, president trump s nominee to be the next director of national intelligence. dan, congratulations on your nomination and welcome back. i m sure you didn t 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. i ve known both of you for many years and i
carolina. [inaudible conversations] i call a hearing to her. i would like to welcome the witness today senator dan coats, the nominee to be the director of national intelligence. congratulations on your nomination. welcome back. i m sure you didn t expect to be 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 you with the rest of the country. i have known both of you for many years and have seen firsthand the strength of the relationship that you so thoughtfully describing your statement for the record. our goal in conducting the hearing is to enable the committee to consider the senator s qualifications and to allow for a thoughtful deliberation by the members. he s already provided written responses to more than 148 questions presented by the committee and its members. today of course, members will be able to ask additional senator in bot
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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 trump s pick for national intelligence. this is two hours. call this hearing to order. i d like to welcome our witness today. senator dan coats. president trump s nominee to be the next director of national intelligence. dan, graduaticongratulations on nomination and welcome back. sure you didn t 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 i ve known wyou both. our goal is conducting the committee to consider senator coats qualifications and allow for thoughtful deliberations by members. he s provided written responses to more than 148 questions presented by the committee and members.
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