Brian Carter

I don't think that it has been reformed to look at a world where we say the Communist Party of China is the largest existential external threat to America's way of life. believes that. I think President Trump believes that. Frankly, I think a lot of Americans do and don't think that the topics of recent years of climate change or other kinds of things are the top threat.

Leave aside how those should be addressed, but I think people tend to see this this way. If this is a transformational moment for looking at reform and whether Doge is a real thing that's looking at how to

Leave aside how those should be addressed, but I think people tend to see this this way. If this is a transformational moment for looking at reform and whether Doge is a real thing that's looking at how to

Leave aside how those should be addressed, but I think people tend to see this this way. If this is a transformational moment for looking at reform and whether Doge is a real thing that's looking at how to

find efficiencies and reorder things, then, you know, aside from being Republican or Democrat, blue, red, whatever, it appears to me from what's being talked about, we're at one of those moments. I think the CIA has frankly been right for something like that for a time.

find efficiencies and reorder things, then, you know, aside from being Republican or Democrat, blue, red, whatever, it appears to me from what's being talked about, we're at one of those moments. I think the CIA has frankly been right for something like that for a time.

find efficiencies and reorder things, then, you know, aside from being Republican or Democrat, blue, red, whatever, it appears to me from what's being talked about, we're at one of those moments. I think the CIA has frankly been right for something like that for a time.

I don't know whether the Office of the Director of National Intelligence plays a forever role or maybe things get reordered there, too. But What are we doing to make sure that we have the technology, personnel, language capabilities, and collaborations out in the world that reflect the priority that I articulated? A lot of members of Congress will echo that priority too.

I don't know whether the Office of the Director of National Intelligence plays a forever role or maybe things get reordered there, too. But What are we doing to make sure that we have the technology, personnel, language capabilities, and collaborations out in the world that reflect the priority that I articulated? A lot of members of Congress will echo that priority too.

I don't know whether the Office of the Director of National Intelligence plays a forever role or maybe things get reordered there, too. But What are we doing to make sure that we have the technology, personnel, language capabilities, and collaborations out in the world that reflect the priority that I articulated? A lot of members of Congress will echo that priority too.

I think that's the heavy burden for the incoming team. I think it's worthy. The time is now. But that's where I think the work is. And I would just emphasize there are many Democrats that I've known over the years that will think this way. It's sort of been the hot politics of recent past where they sort of pulled back from where that emphasis was.

I think that's the heavy burden for the incoming team. I think it's worthy. The time is now. But that's where I think the work is. And I would just emphasize there are many Democrats that I've known over the years that will think this way. It's sort of been the hot politics of recent past where they sort of pulled back from where that emphasis was.

I think that's the heavy burden for the incoming team. I think it's worthy. The time is now. But that's where I think the work is. And I would just emphasize there are many Democrats that I've known over the years that will think this way. It's sort of been the hot politics of recent past where they sort of pulled back from where that emphasis was.

But the Select Committee on Strategic Competition with the CCP and the House of Representatives was bipartisan. And there are a lot of Democrats that signed up with the thinking that I just articulated. And so I hope that's that's where it's going. I wish I knew.

But the Select Committee on Strategic Competition with the CCP and the House of Representatives was bipartisan. And there are a lot of Democrats that signed up with the thinking that I just articulated. And so I hope that's that's where it's going. I wish I knew.

But the Select Committee on Strategic Competition with the CCP and the House of Representatives was bipartisan. And there are a lot of Democrats that signed up with the thinking that I just articulated. And so I hope that's that's where it's going. I wish I knew.

Mike, I mean, it's really been an interesting contrast where if you look at the Biden administration, he had a war breaking out with Russia's reinvasion of Ukraine. And President Biden, best I can tell, never talked to Vladimir Putin from the time of the reinvasion forward. And Yet there was this other challenge looming on the other side of the world in Asia.

Mike, I mean, it's really been an interesting contrast where if you look at the Biden administration, he had a war breaking out with Russia's reinvasion of Ukraine. And President Biden, best I can tell, never talked to Vladimir Putin from the time of the reinvasion forward. And Yet there was this other challenge looming on the other side of the world in Asia.

Mike, I mean, it's really been an interesting contrast where if you look at the Biden administration, he had a war breaking out with Russia's reinvasion of Ukraine. And President Biden, best I can tell, never talked to Vladimir Putin from the time of the reinvasion forward. And Yet there was this other challenge looming on the other side of the world in Asia.

And President Biden did have conversations back and forth with Xi Jinping a time or two. There was some in person, some by video conference, et cetera. And so in some ways, this idea that you should keep a channel of communication open wasn't held consistently and wasn't really kind of explained very well through that time in my estimation.