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We have to deal with declining powers, not just rising ones, like Russia, and Putin demonstrates every day that declining powers can be at least as disruptive as rising ones.
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It may take different forms today than it did over most of the last 20 years, but it’s still a significant challenge, we still have significant capabilities at this agency working with partners across the U.S. government, and that’s going to be another of our most important priorities.
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[O]ur job is not to bend intelligence to suit political party or policy preferences or agendas. It is to deliver the best intelligence that we can gather, the best analysis that we can put together, with honesty and integrity, our job is to tell policymakers what they need to hear, not what they want to hear.
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We do usually operate in the shadows, out of sight and out of mind, our successes are often obscured, our failures are often painfully visible, and our sacrifices are often unknown.
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I must admit, that watching the images of President Putin and Iran's supreme leader meeting yesterday … the reality is that Russians and Iranians need each other right now – both heavily sanctioned countries, both looking to break out of political isolation as well, but if they need each other, they don't really trust each other in the sense that their energy rivals and historical competitors.
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I absolutely agree that the threat is increasing, i think our role is to try to provide insight from inside the intelligence community into the plans, the ambitions, the pace at which of adversaries – China or Russia – can move on these issues. It’s very important for us not to underestimate either the scope of those ambitions or the pace at which they can move. China and hypersonics is one example.
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