What were you creating? And I don't really know the answer to that, but I do know the answer to our national security on that question, because what that means is In the office of the Director of National Intelligence, we have people here who work from all across of these 18 intelligence elements being put in a position where they're told, if you want to get promoted, if you want to advance in your career, the priority is not, are you delivering the best quality intelligence assessments and analysis to best inform the President's most critical decisions? No, you will advance professionally if you show that you're dedicating half of your day towards these DEI initiatives. Your implicit bias. Exactly. Exactly. And so when we look at why this was a priority for the President, this is not some superficial thing. (58:29–59:10)
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Asserts that DEI initiatives were prioritized over intelligence assessments for career advancement in the Director of National Intelligence office.
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