I'm honored and grateful to President Donald J. Trump for his trust and confidence in nominating me to serve our country as the Director of National Intelligence. I am especially honored to be nominated for this role at a time when trust in the intelligence community is at an all-time low, and the world is more dangerous than ever, given the national security failures of the Biden administration.

But it didn't start with President Biden. For too long, faulty, inadequate and weaponized intelligence has led to costly failures, which have undermined our national security and constitutional freedoms.

The most obvious example is the invasion of Iraq, which was based upon a failure of intelligence. This disastrous decision led to the deaths of thousands of American soldiers and countless people in the Middle East. It led to mass migration and regional destabilization, and it undermined the security and stability of our European allies. And it led to the rise of ISIS, the strengthening of al-Qaeda and other Islamist Jihadist groups, and the emboldening of Iran.