00:00Joe Biden was certified as the winner of the 2020 election, so he won the election.
00:08He followed our process, had the most electoral votes, was declared the winner.
00:13And who has the most electoral votes? Is it the person that wins or the person that loses?
00:18I think that's your characterization.
00:20Joe Biden was certified as the winner of the 2020 election.
00:27I really, I'm going back to my constitutional law here, but I don't want to continue to have debate about
00:35this.
00:36But I believe he had the most electoral votes.
00:39So he won the election.
00:41He followed our process, had the most electoral votes, was declared the winner.
00:45And who has the most electoral votes? Is it the person that wins or the person that loses?
00:50I think that's your characterization. I really, I'm not going to continue to do this.
00:54The reason why we struggle with this, and I think it's especially important in the job you're nominated for,
01:04is because it seems that folks who are nominated for these positions just fundamentally refuse to disagree with something the
01:15president says.
01:17And the problem I have with this is he isn't in the room today.
01:24You're going to be in a room with him many times.
01:29And at times, you should have a difference of opinion.
01:33And if you can't disagree with him when he's not in the room, are you going to be able to
01:39disagree with him
01:41when you're sitting across from him in the Oval Office or the Situation Room?
01:47That's what I struggle with, because this job is different.
01:50This job, it's not about softening the edges when the truth is unpleasant.
01:57It's about delivering information and making sure the president understands that information.
02:02And by the way, people risk their lives to get this information.
02:06And if it's not transmitted to the president, if he doesn't understand it, I mean, there's going to be disagreements.
02:12We expect that.
02:14But I really struggle with this, especially in your position, because you can't disagree with him on this,
02:22because he doesn't like the fact that he lost in 2020.
02:25As you said, Joe Biden was certified because he got the most electoral votes.
02:30That means he won.
02:32But you still refuse to say that.
02:37And I was sitting at the SEC when this occurred.
02:40And I can tell you that maybe people worked harder.
02:46But I don't think anybody I know worked harder to make an effective transition to my successor at the SEC.
02:56And in terms of your question, I have every confidence that I will deliver on my job, candidly, independently, and
03:06with my best judgment.
03:08But just not in this room.
03:10Okay, let me move on.
03:13So I want to just see, hear from you.
03:16What do you think our top threats are that we face as a nation today?
03:21Let's just talk about the top three.
03:23From where I sit today, terrorism, from many sources.
03:33I believe that we have done a good job of reducing the threat, but drug trafficking and the deaths from
03:43fentanyl into the United States were an incredible threat.
03:47The combination, I'm not going to speak about any specific, I'm illuminating that.
03:53I'm not going to speak about any specific country.
03:55But the combination in certain countries of cartels, military, and business is very dangerous.
04:07Lastly, I would say our traditional adversaries, Senator Kelly, that we've talked about.
04:12Terrorism, drugs, cartels, and traditional, I assume you mean Russia, China.
04:17Russia, China.
04:18Okay.
04:19And Iran.
04:21And with regards to Russia and China, I have about 40 seconds left.
04:25You know, what specifically would you do as DNI to help our country deal with those threats?
04:34Since we only have 30 seconds, just talk to me about Russia and Ukraine.
04:37Russia, Ukraine, China.
04:39One thing that I elaborated before that I think I can be extremely helpful on is the economic strategies that
04:48are involved in our engagement with them across conflict and cooperation.
04:59You know, we still cooperate extensively with China on the world stage economically.
05:04Do you think the economic issue with Russia outweighs the national security risk to our allies?
05:11I think that they are very closely tied.
05:14How do a number of these threat actors fund themselves?
05:20It's energy, other things.
05:23That's extremely, you know, I think you and I talked about this.
05:29Some of our, I would say, most formidable threat actors are the ones who are the most well-funded.
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