In public testimony today before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Director of National Intelligence Daniel R. Coats presented the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community and outlined the most significant global security threats facing the nation.

Director of National Intelligence Daniel R. Coats unveiled the 2019 National Intelligence Strategy (NIS) today. The NIS is the guiding strategy for the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) and will drive the strategic direction for the Nation’s 17 IC elements for the next four years.

The Director of National Intelligence and the Under Secretary of Defense Intelligence congratulate Rear Admiral Robert D. Sharp on his selection for promotion to Vice Admiral and his confirmation as the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Today I submitted the Intelligence Community’s report on foreign interference in the 2018 midterm elections to the President and appropriate executive departments and agencies, as directed by Section 1(a) of the Executive Order 13848, Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election.

I was deeply saddened to learn the news that General Mattis will resign from his post as Secretary of Defense at the end of February.