Tom Cotton: “We have four more weeks with Director Gabbard as the dni.”

“Obviously, it's something that if the administration decides to pursue a permanent appointment to that position, have to come through the Congress and have confirmation hearings and ultimately a vote here in the Senate. But, Senator Cotton, you want to speak to that? We have four more weeks with Director Gabbard as the dni. and I look forward to implementing last year's Intelligence Authorization act with her to implement wide ranging reforms that will shrink the DNI and take it back to its original intent, to provide a mere coordinator or process role for the intelligence community.” (00:32–00:37)

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