{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/king-lankford-urge-president-elect-trump-to-quickly-nominate-director-of-national-intelligence", "King, Lankford Urge President-elect Trump to Quickly Nominate Director of National Intelligence", "2016-11-17", "2016", "2016-11", "Independent", "House", "ME", "Angus King", "K000383", "www.king.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "King, Lankford Urge President-elect Trump to Quickly Nominate Director of National Intelligence\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, November 17, 2016\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and James Lankford (R-Okla.), members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump urging him to prioritize the nomination of the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and to select an experienced, collaborative individual who can advise on the nominations of other intelligence agency leaders.\r\n\u201cA successful DNI makes the intelligence community more efficient, more collaborative, limits redundancies, and advances seamless information sharing across our intelligence agencies,\u201d Senators King and Lankford wrote in their letter. \u201cAs members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, we strongly encourage you to nominate an experienced DNI that can serve these functions and build an intelligence community leadership team that will put a high value on collaboration.\u00a0 Most importantly, if selected early, your DNI could advise on candidates for directors of the intelligence agencies he or she will work with most often.\u201d\r\nThe complete text of the letter can be read HERE and is below:\r\n+++\r\nNovember 17, 2016\r\n\r\nThe Honorable Donald J. Trump\r\nThe President-elect\r\n1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW\r\nWashington, DC\u00a0 20006\r\n\r\nDear Mr. Trump:\r\nCongratulations on your recent election.\u00a0 As you undertake the important work of preparing for the presidential transition and your future intelligence team, we are writing to ask that you prioritize the nomination of the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI).\u00a0\r\nIn response to the 9/11 attacks, Congress created the position of the DNI to serve as the head of the intelligence community and establish an integrated framework to promote a more effective intelligence apparatus for our country.\u00a0 A successful DNI makes the intelligence community more efficient, more collaborative, limits redundancies, and advances seamless information sharing across our intelligence agencies.\u00a0\r\nAs members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, we strongly encourage you to nominate an experienced DNI that can serve these functions and build an intelligence community leadership team that will put a high value on collaboration.\u00a0 Most importantly, if selected early, your DNI could advise on candidates for directors of the intelligence agencies he or she will work with most often.\r\nThank you for your attention to this important matter.\u00a0 We look forward to carefully considering all of your intelligence community nominees.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/king-lankford-urge-president-elect-trump-to-quickly-nominate-director-of-national-intelligence"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8537940923124552, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}