U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard defended Donald Trump’s proposed travel ban on 36 nations, calling it a necessary response to rising security threats. Gabbard warned that both Islamist ideology and foreign terrorist groups pose dangers to Americans, claiming many extremists entered the country under the previous administration’s lax border policies.
00:00Thank you, Mr. President, for your leadership. I am truly grateful to be a member of your team here at this table to help support you in delivering on the promises that you made to the American people.
00:12You came in with a very clear mandate of taking on the rampant weaponization, politicization of the intelligence community and federal law enforcement, experiencing yourself, the deep state abusing their power as they have against you, your family and so many of the American people.
00:30Bring out accountability truly for those who have abused their power, making sure that the intelligence community is supporting your efforts in keeping the American people safe, secure and free and being the president of peace.
00:44I'm grateful to be in this position as your director of national intelligence to support you in these efforts.
00:49And I'll cover very briefly what we've done over the last year under your leadership and what we look forward to continuing to focus on next year.
00:58First of all, under your leadership, again, we've taken on a historic effort for transparency, declassification and exposing these abuses of power by these deep state actors.
01:10We've declassified over half a million documents, many of which had never been seen before by the American people, put them online to bring about this level of transparency.
01:20We formed a weaponization working group, again, to be able to go after a lot of these abuses of power that have never seen the light of day to support the accountability that under Pam Bondi's leadership in the Department of Justice is coming about.
01:33Secondly, bringing about reforms to the intelligence community to make sure that we have the most effective and efficient and focused workforce that's really working on bringing about the priorities you have laid out in ensuring our country's security.
01:49And lastly, Mr. President, working with many of our partners here around the table, is going after these domestic threats.
01:55We have threats coming from both Islamist ideology, as well as Islamist terrorists, foreign terrorist organizations, and those who seek to do harm to the American people, many of whom were let in across our borders under the previous administration.
02:12We are focused on these tasks and this imperative for the American people.
02:17And just appreciate your leadership, Mr. President, in empowering us to be able to conduct this service.
02:22Merry Christmas.
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