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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper Testifies Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 2016

February 9, 2016

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified at the Senate Armed Services Committee on Feb. 9, 2016, on the top global threats to the United States. A portion of his remarks related to the tumultuous Middle East. The two-hour-plus video can be seen/heard at http://www.c-span.org/video/?404436-1/james-clapper-testimony-global-threats.

His remarks about the Middle East in particular can be read on pages 21 to 26 in the PDF linked below.

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